Pathe Freres Movies

Jane has been elected the president of the Union of Cooks and Housemaids, and has just signed a resolution to improve their working conditions. Return...

A sympathetic story of a moral dilemma set at the turn of the 19th century. A Frenchman joins the Chouannerie – a Royalist uprising in opposition to t...

This dynamic actuality film documents the hunting of a boar from the first bugle call to the distribution of the spoils.

Hoping to get the medication needed to save her dying husband, an old woman tries to borrow money, only to be turned away.

This remarkable ape, extraordinarily human-like in its manners and ways, gives a splendid exhibition. When first seen Adam appears to be in a rather m...

The action in Fantasias arabes centers on a parade of men on horseback moving down a street towards the camera.

Views include the bridge of Kassir-el-Nil, the Sphinx, the Pyramids approached by train, and the Nile.

This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”, “The Camp at Flanders”, “L...

Misfortunes of a jacket.

The pictures show a thin stream of water rising in the air and supporting a hollow ball, made of glass or thin celluloid. We see such balls dancing on...

This short subject features a baby splashing in a tin bath, obviously enjoying making a mess. As the baby plays, a woman's torso is seen moving in the...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various hairstyles...

Comedy ensues when two men accidentally swap hats at the barber's. After discovering the mix-up, the first man to leave returns to the shop to correct...

Pictures of travel in such places as the Orient and the black continent are always sure to be interesting, for not many of us have sojourned in these...

A man is very nervous. His wife gives him some nerve powder which works. The man proceeds to give the nerve powder to everyone he meets.

Butterfly chase.

Two prospectors discover gold but are captured by Indians.

Looking from left to right, the actor shows the heads of various types of men in ever-changing disguises.

In this actuality from Pathe, French cavalry officers jump their horses over a wall maybe one foot in height.

At a prize fight, Deed gets int a fight of his own with two other spectators and gets thrown out. He goes to a boxing instructor, and after one lesson...