Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

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’...

An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

Early footage of Queen Victoria’s funeral.

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

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...

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

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

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away...

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

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

The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

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

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The...

Anson Dyer's animation of the age-old fable, made for Hepworth.

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

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.