In this picture there is a limited amount of action in the pose. As the curtains are drawn aside the shell appears shut. It gradually opens, disclosing the model curled up in a recumbent position. She slowly arises as if awakening, and gracefully assumes the final position of the pose.
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United States 01 June 1901
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A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/projecting images on top of one another.
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Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand spelling the end of his rule.
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01 December 1901
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
14 December 1901
James J. Jeffries throwing the medicine ball. An absolutely perfect picture of the champion heavyweight of the world.
01 January 1901
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01 January 1901
"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which has survived the buffetings of many a storm, and welcomed many a traveler who otherwise would have lost his life in the blinding snowstorms that so frequently occur.
02 February 1901
Actuality film documenting the funeral of Queen Victoria in February 1901. The footage captures the solemn processions and ceremonies that marked the end of her long reign, offering a rare moving-image record of a major state occasion.
01 November 1901
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome.
01 January 1901
Documentary filmed by Fructuoso Gelabert at the Spanish coast.
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This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal.
16 November 1901
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
02 January 1901
Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.
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