Alma Taylor

Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen. (imdb)

Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes. (imdb)

Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders. (imdb)

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

A madman adopts the daughter of the dead woman who rejected him and forces her to marry a crook. (imdb)

Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record.

Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record.

A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

Midshipmen help unruly schoolgirls escape on cycles.

Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.