Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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’...

Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a...

A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water...

A schoolgirl annoys the new teacher by getting her friends to answer an inspector incorrectly.

'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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

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

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the...

An early example of film nostalgia. This lengthy programme put together by filmmaker Cecil Hepworth, largely from films in his own collection, is a...

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

A phantom ride.