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A man gamles his wife away.

Gavroche tries to become an umbrella salesman. He follows a man to his house in attempt to sell his first umbrella. However, the umbrella is too wide...

Short registration of activities performed by elephants. Shooting of work in a wooded area using elephants. Images can be seen of an elephant that...

A man dreams he loses his hat at sea, drowns and gets swallowed by a huge fish.

The Dytiscus is a species of the water beetle and they are abundant in stagnant water. The pictures give an unusually accurate idea of the...

I don't know how salamanders got the reputation of living in fire. but there are no flames to be seen in the 1912 science short about the critters....

Short travelogue about the city of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. Panoramic shots of the city with its inhabitants and caravan bridge are followed by images...

An old surgeon shows kindness to a tramp.

Willy wasnt very proud when he arrived home, for once again he was at the bottom of his class. As punishment his parents informed him that he would...

Early adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story

Since the days of earliest mythology the spider and his web have been a favorite figure of speech. Here we see interesting specimens of these...

Scorpions are among the creepier land animals, and this nature short from Eclair lets its audience see that for themselves, with their scuttling...

Paul and Jeanne are devoted lovers and meet on the balcony of their homes, which are side by side. The affair does not meet with the approval of...

A little boy, left in charge of a Parisian apartment building, goes on a murderous rampage.