14 January 1902 Factual 1 mins
Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York.
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United States 14 January 1902
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The scene is an excavation site in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1902:
01 January 1902
Likely the world's oldest color film, shot in 1902. Like other works by Edward R. Turner, there is no indication that it was ever relesead to the public before its discovery in 2012.
22 May 1902
Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.
31 August 1902
Showing the start of the Futurity; the sweep down the stretch of the pack of high bred colts under the whip; John A.
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.
05 December 1902
A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.
02 March 1902
A woman shows off her trained dogs.
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.
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.
20 August 1902
"Danse serpentine" (Gaumont #588) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with "Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587), "Danse fantaisiste" (Gaumont #589) or "La Gigue" (Gaumont #590).
15 March 1902
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 about and suddenly turns into a magician.
20 December 1902
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it.
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