Cecil M. Hepworth Filmes

British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

A schoolgirl annoys the new teacher by getting her friends to answer an inspector incorrectly.

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the...

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a...

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

Anson Dyer's animation of the age-old fable, made for Hepworth.

A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.

A housekeeper's daughter loves a toper's affianced friend.

A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

A cashier gambles and robs a bank, but returns the money for his mother's sake.

A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

A collection of early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Films include: Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (1897), The Inexhaustible Cab...

An early example of film nostalgia. This lengthy programme put together by filmmaker Cecil Hepworth, largely from films in his own collection, is a...

A working knowledge of Morse code and the foresight to pick a train driver for a sweetheart come in handy in this ‘race to the rescue’...