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- The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
- A boarding house, an actor, a dude and the child of the house. The latter is seated at a table. The dude's high silk hat is on the table in front of the little one. Enter the actor, who also has a high hat, and, seeing a chance to play a trick on the dude, he shows the child how his hat, which is a collapsible one, will fold up. After his departure, the little one, upon seeing the other hat on the table, makes up her mind to try it and see how the thing works. She squeezes the hat with her hands, but it won't collapse, so she places it on the table, and, standing on a chair, lies down on the hat, flattening it out. Upon seeing that it won't go back into shape she runs from the room to hide. The dude enters after she left, and seeing his damaged hat, flies into a rage and calls the servant, whom he upbraids for her carelessness.
- A scene representing the fort at Port Arthur. One of the large guns in the foreground is trained on the Japanese ships in the background. Suddenly a shell explodes directly in front of a Russian officer, killing him. Great excitement prevails. The fort is attacked by the Japanese army on the land side, and the infantrymen hasten to help repel the Japanese. A most exciting and very realistic battle scene.
- 1. Worshipers entering the Shwe Dagon Temple. 2. Panorama of Inner Pagoda and Shrines. 3. The 777 Pagodas of Mandalay. 4. Open air School for Hindus. 5. Children's Chatti Race. 6. A Game of "Cock Fighting." 7. Burmese Game of Football. 8. The Persian Walls of Burmah. 9. Frolic of the Hindu Water Carriers. 10. Coolies transporting Crops across a Stream. 11. Carting Jungle Grass across the River Ravi.
- Japanese soldiers ambush a Russian sergeant, find the plan of camp, and attack with success.
- Bedelia got a notion that she would do the family washing at night. We see her at the wash tub when the milkman comes in with bottles of milk. Then they make love to each other. Bedelia resumes her work. A witch appears riding a broom, but disappears shortly. Next Bedelia's tub vanishes, and a series of mystifying happenings bewilder her.
- A man has a quarrel with a dealer in statues, and smashes the entire stock on the sidewalk. The frantic owner rushes for the police, and before he returns, all the pieces have flown back into place, the whole stock being restored. The astonished storekeeper is speechless, while his assailant laughs uproariously.
- Laugh and grow fat. That is not exactly what the greedy child is doing, although he is fat as butter. He is seated on a table. The little fellow is dressed only in a shift. He cries for something to eat, and his sister at his side feeds him with some taffy, each time rubbing a small portion of it on his face, until he bursts out crying, making a very comical end to the picture.
- August, the trained monkey, has company. He is sitting at a table enjoying himself with his master.
- Seven sisters perform "men's work" on the farm to pay off a loan on their family property.
- A magician enters, and after bowing to the audience, performs a number of acrobatic feats, during each of which his entire make-up is mysteriously changed. He tumbles over tables, turns somersaults, jumps through windows and every time he faces the audience they apparently see a different person.
- An impecunious painter paints a picture of an easy chair in such realistic fashion that it looks like the real thing. A wealthy patron calls, and the painter's room-mate purposely sits in the only real chair in the room, inviting the guest to be seated. The latter sits on the painted chair and goes through the canvas. The artist is heartbroken and the guest pays richly for the damage. He leaves, and the picture is restored for the next victim.
- The captain of a Russian battleship is seen on the bridge of his ship anxiously scanning the horizon with his glasses. The scene changes several times, showing what is seen by the captain each time he looks out over the sea. First, a fleet of the enemy's ships are shown steaming at full speed toward the Russians. Next a naval battle is in progress, and the Russian ships are getting the worst of it. Again the view changes and shows one of the Russians being blown up and her sailors and officers frantically swimming away from the wreck, so as to avoid being drawn down in the suction. Suddenly a shell hits the ship on which the captain is located, and his men rush in all directions. Another shell, and there is a repetition of the scene; most of her crew go down with their ship.
- A driver knocks over an apple cart and is pursued by the apple vendor and the police.
- The very boat shown in picture was purchased by the Japanese government a few days after the film made. The tests which are shown in this picture were shown before Japanese officers and are nothing less than astonishing. At one point the boat is maneuvered like a porpoise i.e. it suddenly rises out of the water, appears for an instant in full view, and then as suddenly dives and remains submerged except for the periscope. The members of the crew are shown entering and emerging from the conning tower; a Whitehead torpedo is loaded into the boat and fired at a mark, and a fine view is given of the vessel running at high speed on the surface.
- A fisherman enters his boat and takes frequent pulls from the demijohn, Pulling out in the bay he anchors, and commences to fish; pulls in a large eel, takes another drink. He catches one after another, taking between bites more pulls from the demijohn than he catches eels. He at last lands a big fellow, which he is unable to get off the line, and in the struggle he releases a dozen eels which surround him. Thinking that he sees snakes, he jumps into the water. He splashes around trying to shake them off through the marshes, and is seen at last on the run through the swamps. A sailor starts after him, accompanied by several others, who take him for an escaped lunatic.
- A company of Japanese soldiers who have discovered the Russians near at hand, cautiously enter an old hut. The Russians suspecting that the Japanese are near at hand, move slowly, watching the brush carefully. One of the Russian officers approaches the house, hears the Japanese inside, and hastily summons the Russians, who surround the Japanese's hiding place and set it on fire. The Japanese, finding themselves trapped, make a dash into the open and engage the enemy at close range, inflicting heavy loss of life and putting them to flight, chasing the Russians for some distance through the fields. A large haystack is next shown with the Japanese in hiding behind it. Another detachment of Russians follows them up, and as they dash on recklessly, the Japanese shoot the greater part of them. Those not shot down make a wild dash across the fields to safety, but are followed by the Japanese, who shoot as they run.
- Taken inside of the Filipino village in three parts. The first part shows a number of these primitive natives engaged in building a house, employing their own crude tools. The second scene shows several of these aborigines engaged in carpentry, and the last scene shows the entire group, including women and children, eating their mid-day meal.
- This shows Ghezzi the clown wrestling with a donkey, who is highly trained in the art of wrestling.
- A Frenchman appears on the stage, and at a word of command one of his little dogs lifts the lid of a basket, jumps in and closes the lid. The man then takes another little black and tan pup from a small box and makes him walk on his forelegs, with his hind legs straight up in the air. Another dog balances himself on one of his forelegs, on the man's thumb and index finger, and performs various other balancing tricks,
- A series of pictures showing the care taken of the little tots in one of the largest orphan asylums in New York City. A number of tables are spread in the gardens around the building and the children march to their places for their noon-day meal, The nurses place them in their chairs and distribute the food, which the children proceed to eat. After dinner is over and the children are removed from the tables, the gardens are cleared and the little ones who are not old enough to walk are given an outing in baby carriages. Each carriage contains two babies, and it is amusing to see the little smiling faces as they pass the camera, After the children have had their outing, they are taken indoors, and those who were allowed to play in the dirt are given a bath. Here is where trouble begins. As the children are dipped in the water they raise a cry and hastily endeavor to rub the water from their eyes. Next is shown one of the children getting its hair cut. An elderly nurse acts as barber, and after numerous twistings of the child's head she, with the aid of a large pair of clippers, removes all traces of hair. One of the important tasks of the nurses is the fire drill. Each nurse has a number of children assigned to her care. These she must teach what to do when the fire alarm is sounded. This scene represents the children marching out of the building when an alarm of fire is sounded after bed time. In very orderly file each group of youngsters hastens out of the building and down the stone steps to the ground clad in their night clothes and carrying their shoes and stockings.
- Two large rabbits are enjoying a feast of clover in a Wire enclosure, when a fox prowls around and finally gaining admittance through a hole. After smelling the ground for awhile, he sees the rabbits and goes for them, but before he can kill his prey, a fox terrier pounces upon him and a fight follows in which the fox gets the worst of it.