The Messenger Boy's Mistake - 1903

Country: USA
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (Messenger Boy)
Release Date: October 1903 (USA)
Production Co: Edison Manufacturing Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy | Romance
"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger boy requesting her to "wear this" if she does. The boy delivers the note and a package which the young lady opens and finds an old pair of trousers and other masculine wearing apparel. She becomes enraged. When "Cholly" comes she proceeds to give him instructions as to what to do in the future, etc., but before she finishes, the boy, having discovered his mistake, returns with the right box. "Cholly" hastily closes up the wrong one, hands it to the boy and kicks him out of the door. He then opens the right box and presents the bouquet himself. She wears the flowers, and things are now all right. Written by Edison Catalog.

Port of London Aquatic Sports - 1925

Country: United Kingdom
This Topical Budget newsreel was shot in the Surrey Commercial Docks. Dockworkers, their families and friends can be seen relaxing and participating in various events, including swimming, water polo and high diving. The main trade of these docks is much in evidence in the open-ended timber storage sheds, the floating baulks used as pontoons and the wooden diving tower. Established in 1909, the Port of London Authority continued with the swimming galas organised by its predecessor dock companies in the late 19th century. All dock policemen had to be able swimmers and established staff were expected to gain their swimming certificate. (Chris Ellmers)

Pacific Electric Training Film - 1914

Country: United States
Pacific Electric training film for Motormen made in 1914.

A trip on the Metropolitan Railway - 1910

Country: United Kingdom
This film shows a drivers eye view of the Metropolitan line. It goes from London's Baker Street to almost Aylesbury and passes through Rickmansworth and Chorley Wood stations. Much of the journey has not changed in almost a century with the same route able to be travelled today. Many of the stations are still in use today with only minor changes. Original footage courtesy of the British Film Institute (BFI) under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence.

Metroland - 1910

Country: United Kingdom
A 1910 film showing a voyage along the Metropolitan Railway from Baker Street, London to Amersham showing the fields that would soon house suburbia...

Alcool - Trois films de Prévention du dessinateur - 1918

Country: France
These 3 cartoons were made in 1918 by O'Galop, the designer of Bibendum Michelin, to warn the post-war population of the ravaging effects of alcohol and tuberculosis.