Filmed at the second inauguration of William McKinley on March 4, 1901, this short captures the president taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol. Although Thomas Edison has sometimes been mistakenly named as director, he was never credited as director on any films; the actual director of this short is unknown.
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William McKinley as Himself
Melville Fuller as Himself
George Dewey as Himself
Nelson Appleton Miles as Himself
Joseph E. Ransdell as Himself
Mark Hanna as Himself
John Coit Spooner as Himself
James K. Jones as Himself
Joseph Gurney Cannon as Himself
John Dalzell as Himself
Thomas McRae as Himself
United States 16 March 1901
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1901:
16 December 1901
A pretty and natural picture in which the principal actors are two tiny tots who are evidently not a bit afraid of the briny deep as they splash around in the waves in very evident delight and enjoyment.
27 April 1901
The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout.
16 October 1901
A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.
31 December 1901
Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.
25 July 1901
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
01 January 1901
Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
01 April 1901
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade.
29 April 1901
The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.
13 December 1901
A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.
01 August 1901
In the background is a row of three-masted sailing ships, at anchor, their sales furled. In the foreground, a simple pier that's more like a yardarm juts out above the water; about 15 boys of six or seven years of age are on the jutting wood, and they jump off into the water below.
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