1913 Movies

Truls and Lotta is in love, and when Lotta's parents are away, Truls sneaks away from his military service to be with her.

On June 16, 1913, a fire broke out at a match factory in Częstochowa. Firefighters rushed to the scene to battle the blaze—and so did a cameraman, who captured the extraordinary event on film. It remains one of the oldest surviving Polish newsreels. The film w...

Elephants slide into a pool, people try to ride them.

A tale of smuggling and romance in the Highlands

At the beginning of Sumadijska street in the vicinity of Slavija Square on the 11th August 1913, the Serbian victorious army from the Second Balkan War led by the Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic was given a huge welcome by the highest military and politi...

Travelogue. Scenes in and around Trouville, “the Queen of Beaches”, the fashionable seaside resort in Normandy. Views include the Casino, bathers, villas, gardens, and the port.

The Cost of Carelessness was commissioned by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for its campaign to reduce trolley car accidents.

Monsieur Pyp leads a lavish life, without having the money to do so. When his well-to-do uncle suggests helping him financially with his business plans, Pyp is eager to take the chance: He makes his uncle believe that he has started to run a mushroom farm.

A demonstration of the process of beekeeping.

A suffragette demonstration led by Sylvia Pankhurst ends in chaos as police prevent a march on Downing Street.

This film moves mostly in the surroundings around the Royal Palace and Strandvägen. The environments are strangely similar compared to how it looks today. The camera is initially placed on Lejonbacken by the castle. It pans to the right over the distinguished...

The pheasant's summer holiday draws to a close as shooting season begins on this Norfolk game reserve. Pheasant season gets off with a bang - followed by many more - as the landed folk of Norfolk take aim. For pheasants the red ring on the calendar is 1 Octob...

This picturesque travelogue takes in the varied sights and delights of the Teesdale market town and surrounding area. Tranquil scenes of River Greta bridges, enigmatic ruins - including Egglestone Abbey and Barnard Castle's round tower - are tempered with stre...

Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam).

Cunegonde reads a piece about spiritism in the newspaper and wants try it. This is seen by the street kids who decide to help Cunegonde a hand. Cunegonde goes to Professor Geestkijker to learn the tricks and in the meantime the children slip into her house, wh...

A film unmade-- That is, Survage's film was never realized in the traditional sense-- At the time, such a project was beyond technological possibility. His pioneering efforts to combine luminous, expressive painting and the moving picture were further curtaile...

The remains of the Baltic Violence have been eroded away by the large steam excavator. There is a man standing at the railway cutting as trains pass. He throws something into the railway cutting. This person is seen in several of the recordings from 1913. It m...