1913 Movies

Short film by Luca Comerio.

Memorial service at St. Paul's cathedral to the Antarctic heroes. The arrival of the Lord Mayor of London and Sheriffs.

An early Gaumont short

Early Gaumont short by an unknown director

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

A comedy of a young man’s humiliating initiation into a woman-hating men’s club, The Five Jolly Bachelors. With Eddie Boulden and the Edison Quartet.

Street scenes from Cairo.

Parasites of the Frog, short documentary.

An early Australian silent film , by the makers of "The Reprieve"' which appeared in the same year. A version of Adam Lindsay Gordon's poem, which app...

Holidaymakers at a public pool on the river at the Černošice summer resort. The film was produced by Illusion, a company established at the beginning...

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Accident-prone Polycarpe wreaks havoc on a construction site—a popular location for so many early film comedies.

A dog collects money to pay a license.

On August 20, 1913, TR, numerous visitors, and Hopi Indians observe the performance of the ritual Hopi snake-dance at Walpi, Arizona, on the Hopi Rese...

Footage showing the shipwreck Veronese.

A drunken gambler reforms after dreaming of ruination.

View over the castle island of Holmen's Church and the Stock Exchange from the top of Christiansborg, where architect Thorvald Jørgensen is seen at Ch...

A documentary short film showing the flying of an airplane by the famous French pilot Chevillard.

Swimming. The Russian swimmer Romantschenko visits Copenhagen. He jumps into the water and swims around in the harbor, and he is later seen together w...

Street Trading in Copenhagen in about 1913. The old butcher stalls by Nicholas Church, called the "stomach" before demolition.