Gaston Velle Filmes

A couple performs the Ruffian's Dance.

A boy is put to bed by his mother, but when she leaves the room, he pulls out a book. Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him...

"Danced at the Casino de Paris by the Elks and their Indian troop."

Beautiful girls emerge from a large beehive and perform graceful dances. The queen falls asleep and an enormous spider builds his web over her. The...

A gentleman returns to his home office to find that the porter is smoking his cigars and has the housemaid on his knee.

A trick film by Gaston Velle

Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive...

Silent movie from 1904

A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

A magician performs various tricks.