Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland 1903

6.02

This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.

1903

Explosion of a Motor Car

Explosion of a Motor Car 1900

6.10

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

1900

The Basilisk

The Basilisk 1914

1

A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are altered with the appearance of a deadly serpent.

1914

Aylwin

Aylwin 1920

1

A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.

1920

Helen of Four Gates

Helen of Four Gates 1920

4.70

HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.

1920

A Day in the Hayfields

A Day in the Hayfields 1904

5.30

Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

1904

The Doll's Revenge

The Doll's Revenge 1907

7.00

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

1907

How It Feels to Be Run Over

How It Feels to Be Run Over 1900

5.92

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile comes up the road, straight towards the camera. As it gets nearer, the occupants start to wave frantically, but can a collision be avoided?

1900

The Unclean World

The Unclean World 1903

4.00

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the crawling creatures thus revealed aren't quite what one might expect.

1903

That Fatal Sneeze

That Fatal Sneeze 1907

5.71

As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.

1907

Anna the Adventuress

Anna the Adventuress 1920

1

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.

1920

The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper 1908

6.00

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

1908

A Seaside Introduction

A Seaside Introduction 1911

1

'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)

1911

Wife the Weaker Vessel

Wife the Weaker Vessel 1915

1

Chrissie White, one of Hepworth Studios' biggest stars, heads up this feisty battle-of-the-sexes comedy about an independent young lady who, for the sake of a rich husband, poses as the epitome of Victorian femininity - weak, docile and submissive. But when he steps out of line the gloves come off to reveal 'Physical Culture Phyllis', who punches well above her weight!

1915