1902 Movies

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once...

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during...

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowi...

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by han...

Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic story. Color w...

Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan...

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

A comic picture that defies description. It depicts the Twentieth Century up-to-date tramp flying over the chimney tops of New York City in the latest...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She l...

One of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.

A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into v...

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his arms...