British Mutoscope and Biograph Company

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

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.

Men run a training course

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

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.

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.

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in gala attire, from the grandfather down to the baby, are entertaining some visiting friends. Wine is brought forth, visitors treated, and their health drunk by the happy family.

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects as the men splash through the water are very fine.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of soldiers, or possibly more performers, march past. W K L Dickson who is directing the action can apparently be seen on far right of picture.

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.