A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works

A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works 1906

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A look at typical activities taking place in the Peek Frean factory: First, the workers get up steam, as supplies of milk and flour arrive. Sheets of dough are rolled, then cut, shaped, and readied for baking. The camera then continues to show further events throughout the work day.

1906

Boxing Fever

Boxing Fever 1909

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Fairground boxing booth where visitors try to knock out the champion and win five pounds, the first contestants is knocked out but the very eager (and possibly drunk) third man knocks out the champion and overcome with "boxing fever" rushes out punching at everybody and everything he meets. (britishpathe.com)

1909

Pirates of 1920

Pirates of 1920 1911

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A band of futuristic cutthroats terrorize the skies on board their powerful airship. After bombing a liner and stealing gold bullion from its hold, the ruffians try to escape, facing only Jack Manley, a valiant naval officer, and Marie Thompson, his sweetheart. (The surviving print lacks the story resolution, which apparently ends when the hero and the police rout the pirates and rescue the kidnapped heroine.)

1911

The Mystic Mat

The Mystic Mat 1913

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A magician's carpet makes people disappear.

1913