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    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: *How It Feels to Be Run Over* (1900)
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    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

    The Human Voice (1921)
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    Science & Medicine

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    The Private Life of a Cat (ca. 1945)
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    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
    Film / 
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    Music & Arts

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    Humour & Satire

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    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
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    Film / 
    Technology

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    Religion, Myth & Legend

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    Film / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

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    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

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    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine, War, Technology

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    Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces (1906)
    Film / 
    People

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    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)
    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)

    Artistic Creation (1901)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Artistic Creation (1901)

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40
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    Mary and Gretel (1917)
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    The Kawana Trio (1919)
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    Georges Méliès’ Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Georges Méliès’ Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)

    One World or None (1946)
    Film / 
    Politics, War

    One World or None (1946)

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Interview (1927)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Interview (1927)

    Lambeth Walk - Nazi Style (1942)
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    War

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    San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath (1906)
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    Development of a Salamander (1920s)
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    Farmer plays a song with ‘hand-farts’ (1933)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts

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    An Apparent Tour of the Titanic (1912)
    Film / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

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    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

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    Alice in Wonderland (1915)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

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    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

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    Your Name Here (1960)
    Film

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    Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940)

    Battleship Potemkin (1925)
    Film / 
    War

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    Princess Nicotine (1909)
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