Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

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.

A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.

Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby...

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

Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

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

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The...

A girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.

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

Early footage of Queen Victoria’s funeral.

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

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

A Victorian vaudeville routine is given the big screen treatment with camera tricks galore.Three characters straight off the vaudeville stage - the...

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

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

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

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

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