Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

A dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

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

Six scenes: A child knocks clothes into fire; alarm at station; engines emerge; engines rush down street; arrival; fireman breaks through wall and...

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water...

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

A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.

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

Survey of the Boer war with reconstructions and actualities.

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.

Filmed from the front of a steam launch in a late Victorian summer, this film offers a glimpse of our 19th century ancestors enjoying their leisure...

An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.

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

A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

A phantom ride.