This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions along the long chain which secures the whole band of prisoners. They are marched past our camera to the prison, accompanied by the guards, who carry shotguns to prevent any from escaping.
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United States 13 April 1902
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1902:
15 July 1902
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk.
12 September 1902
View from the train front as it travels through the station in Devon, England.
31 October 1902
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.
29 December 1902
Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.
11 August 1902
Jesus enters the temple while the merchants are selling their wares. Jesus overturns the tables of the money lenders by showing them their error.
07 April 1902
A dissipated looking man is seated at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A large revolver is on the opposite side of the table.
24 February 1902
A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down the smoking remains of the buildings.
05 December 1902
A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.
22 May 1902
These slightly weary-looking soldiers, just back from South Africa, were perhaps only temporarily housed in their Cork barracks before a well-earned return home.
16 August 1902
Lost film from 1902, directed by Louis Lumière and starring King Edward VII.
11 January 1902
This picture was taken from the front end of a train during a trip from the famous Cliff House to Bakers Beach along the shore of the Golden Gate.
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