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Swat That Fly 1921
With closeup footage of flies and simulations of their vision.

A Visit to Locomotive Works, Crewe 1913
The lengthy process of building a Claughton class locomotive is shortened through the magic of moving image.

Paper Cuttings 1912 star_border 4
"Magic" film using the art of animation and stop motion to do a surreal experiment with paper.

The Aerial Anarchists 1911
Anarchists build a super aircraft and bomb a railway, a fort and St. Paul's.

The Strength and Agility of Insects 1911 star_border 6
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.

The Automatic Motorist 1911 star_border 5.6
A robot chauffeur takes a newly married couple on their honeymoon to the planet Saturn and then on a trip under the sea.

Animated Putty 1911 star_border 5.5
Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

The Birth of a Flower 1910 star_border 6.6
"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to the growth of plants." Monthly Film Bulletin, November 1955.

The Aerial Submarine 1910 star_border 4.5
Using a futuristic submarine, pirates kidnap a young couple, torpedo a passenger ship, travel under the sea to salvage bullion, then make their escape by taking to the air.

SS Olympic 1910 star_border 5.2
The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner 1910 star_border 5.4
The work done by men and women at the coal face and the pit head.

To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly 1909 star_border 2
Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.