Director: (various)
Country: (various)
Year: 1895-1906
From the archives of the British Film Institute, this collection features forty distinctive works from cinema's infancy, produced by such Euro pioneers as R.W. Paul, George Edward Smith, Fran Mottershaw, Walter Haggar & Sons, and James Bamforth, as well as by acknowledged innovators like the Lumière brothers and Méliès. Includes Demolition of a Wall (1896), Exiting the Factory (1895), and Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (circa 1895).

Includes:

Louis and Auguste Lumière

* Leaving The Factory (1895)
* The Baby's Meal (1895)
* Demolition Of A Wall (1895)
* The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
* Arrival Of Congress (1895)
* Arrival Of A Train (1895)
* Card Party (1895)
* Leaving Jersusalem By Railway (1896)
* Snowball Fight (1896)
* A Fire Run (Lyons) (c.1896)
* Niagara Falls (1897)
* Spanish Bullfight (1900)

Birt Acres

* Rough Sea At Dover (1895)

R. W. Paul

* Come Along Do! (1898)
* The Derby (1896)
* The Countryman And The Cinematograph (1901)
* A Chess Dispute (1903)
* Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
* Buy Your Own Cherries (1904)
* The (?) Motorist (1906)

George Albert Smith

* The Miller And The Sweep (1898)
* The Kiss In The Tunnel (1899)
* Let Me Dream Again (1900)
* Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)
* As Seen Through A Telescope (1900)
* Sick Kitten (1903)
* Mary Jane's Mishap (1903)

Sheffield Photographic Co.

* Daring Daylight Burglary (1903)

Haggar & Sons

* Desperate Poaching Affray (1903)

Bamforth And Company, Ltd.

* The Kiss In The Tunnel (1899)
* Ladies Skirts Nailed To A Fence (c.1900)
* The Bitter Bit (1900)
* Rough Sea (c.1900)

Williamson's Kinematograph

* Attack On A China Mission (1900)
* The Big Swallow (1901?)
* Stop Thief! (1901)
* Fire! (1901)
* An Interesting Story (1905)