Most Viewed Year 1901 - 7

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

A small battalion of Yorkshire schoolchildren lines up for a playground photograph.

This clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built...

These three scenes were inspired from a comedy in four acts of the same name by Edmond Audran, performed for the first time at the...

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

A jovial looking man is seated nearest the window of a restaurant. He has just finished his meal and the waiter brings a glass of beer, and when he...

Lancashire's St Helens, in hooped shirts, visited Cheshire rivals Warrington for this early Edwardian game. As in other Mitchell and Kenyon rugby...

A few people swimming.

This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of...

Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates and they strap them to the feet of "Weary Willie." They...

Another fine picture of the champion going through his side-stepping tactics which have made him famous. The picture ends with a wrestling bout with...

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

Northern Union footage.

A fine picture of the champion and his brother in a very lively one-round sparring bout. The muscles of the champion are shown to excellent...

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

Early footage of the Lucania passenger liner.

Shows two lovers in a hammock. Two bad boys appear. One of them climbs into a tree and scrambles out on an overhanging branch, directly over the...

A conjurer vanishes animals then vanishes himself.