Charles Urban Trading Company Filmes

It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts...

View of the Grand Canal in Venice from a boat believed to have been made in either 1901 or 1904 and as part of the series "Through Italy with the...

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Purely, Surrey orphanage fundraising event with children performing choreographed military-style drills, believed to be filmed somewhere between 1904...

Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.

It's the view out of a railroad car near the engine as it navigates among a choice of tracks and takes off through the countryside.

Powerboat racing was a brand-new sport in 1904. Selwyn Edge initially won the race off Cowes (Isle of Wight) in the British-made Napier Minor as a...

The Great Western Railway-sponsored tour of Cornwall, visiting Saltash, Looe, Polperro, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth, The Lizard, Penzance and St Ives,...

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Travels in Burma.

Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.

t's one of those pageants from history, in which Roman centurions fight caveman with halberds, Queen Elizabeth arrives in a carriage, and another...

Showing the progress of the natives from barbarism to industrial development. This unique and beautiful series contains the best photographic results...

This atmospheric silent film from 1913 shows scenes of Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Flamborough Head in Yorkshire at the beginning of the 20th...

Part of Charles Urban’s Unseen World programme (1903), this microcinematographic short begins with a frog swimming in a tank, then focuses on...

Images of boats on the river.

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

Lomas, a talented photographer specializing in wildlife and hunting subjects, turned his hand to filming for Charles Urban, making several trips to...

Originally it was called White City because when it opened, all the buildings were painted white. It was a fairgrounds, intended to celebrate the...