Take an exhilarating ride on one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world, the Hong Kong Peak Tram. The route opened in 1888, and this...

It's a demolition derby, as two giant industrial chimneys come crashing down to earth. Although this is dynamite footage, no explosives are used -...

Victorian filmmakers loved few sights more than crashing waves. Who those filmmakers were in this particular case is not documented, but they have...

This film title is almost, though not quite, false advertising. There's certainly a gale, and a wrecked ship, but the one didn't cause the other....

You’ll need your sea legs to watch this film, which was apparently filmed from a perilous position on the ship’s mast - in rough seas. This is a...

1900. Two chaps, a Gramophone, and a dog called Nipper. What could possibly go wrong?

Panorama of the quai de la Seine and the foreign pavilions of the Exhibition: Sweden, Monaco, Romania, Spain.

Panorama of the Quai de la Seine and the pavilions of the exhibition.

Movement of visitors in front of the Exhibition water tower.

“Same scenery as in the previous view, the sailors embark in the canoes which take them ashore.”

In an arena, a Landes race scene with cows.

Southampton High Street, train view

this film is a documentary about the trip of Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar to Belgium. In Muzaffar al-Din Shah's travelogue, there is a report that is...

British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900

This striking film re-stages an episode from the Matabele wars between African natives and British infantry

Exercises and jumps on parallel bars.

Boats in Muiden, including the Royal Yacht

Coolie Boys Diving for Coins positions a scene, popularised in early film generally, within a distinctly colonial context. As with similar films, it...

Mitchell & Kenyon.

Cavalry cross the river in enormous number. Occasionally a horse stops to take a drink, and then walks on.