Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....

A phantom ride.

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are...

Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.

A legless beggar with a sign around his neck saying "cripple" pushes himself slowly and laboriously on a trolley along the pavement, soliciting alms...

Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film, a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby...

First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.

A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

A cashier gambles and robs a bank, but returns the money for his mother's sake.

Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

Six scenes: A child knocks clothes into fire; alarm at station; engines emerge; engines rush down street; arrival; fireman breaks through wall and...

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

A working knowledge of Morse code and the foresight to pick a train driver for a sweetheart come in handy in this ‘race to the rescue’...

A housekeeper's daughter loves a toper's affianced friend.

A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.

A picturesque portrait of Stratford-on-Avon in the 1920s, evocatively photographed by British cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth.

A Victorian vaudeville routine is given the big screen treatment with camera tricks galore.Three characters straight off the vaudeville stage - the...

Survey of the Boer war with reconstructions and actualities.