Browse 119 movies from British Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to comfort his delirious father, but to no avail - John's pain is too great.
Sep 1899
Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.
Apr 1902
Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.
Jan 1898
Windmills along the River Zaan.
Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.
Sep 1897
Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload, the begin to pull the gun forward.
Dec 1899
Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the pont across the IJ to go to the Tolhuis amusement park.
Jan 1899
A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations, vistas and a tunnel under the Conwy Castle (misspelled in the title) in North Wales.
Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.
Oct 1898
Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.
Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.
Sep 1898
Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.
Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.
Jan 1900
Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.
"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was taken from the deck of one tug which was tumbling and tossing in the immense rollers, while the tug that was being photographed was similarly affected. At times the billows break over the bow of the tiny craft and almost bury it from sight in the spray. One of the biggest hits of the Biograph."
Apr 1898
The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks
Nov 1898
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Dec 1898
"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."
"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous dexterity."
Aug 1898
Military in Germany.
Jan 1897