The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
First film by stop-motion animation pioneer Willis O’Brien who in 1933 would go on to make his best known film, King Kong….more
Animals & Beasts
The Frog (1908)
A sprightly frog circles various come-to-life fountain tableaux, as well as a giant version of itself, an enormous head being drenched by water, and some multicolou…more
Horse Drawn Fire Engines (1896)
Four horse drawn fire engines roar up a snow-covered Newark, New Jersey, street while spectators watch from the sidelines. Until the mid-19th century most fire engi…more
Clay animations of Jospeh Sunn (1926)
From the Prelinger Archive – two early clay animations (The Penwiper and Green Pastures) by pioneering Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn from San Fransisco. T…more
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
The very first Tarzan film ever made, based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original novel Tarzan of the Apes of only 4 years earlier. The film is directed by Scott Sidn…more
Development of a Salamander (1920s)
Early biological silent film, made sometime in the 1920s, which uses time-lapse photography to show the development of a salamander from egg to larvae. From the Dep…more
Alice in Wonderland (1915)
1915 silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, directed and written by W.W. Young and starring Viola Savoy as A…more
Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)
Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated character…more
Dog Factory (1904)
A rather dark and bizarre Edison short. Two men are operating a ‘dog factory’, using a device that they call a Dog Transformator. A man brings three dogs into t…more
The Lost World (1925)
Silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel of the same name. Directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willi…more
