Hepworth Movies

  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    6.0241900HD

    As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

    How It Feels to Be Run Over
  • 1903
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

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    This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch....

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1900
    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    6.11900HD

    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.

    Explosion of a Motor Car
  • 1907
    That Fatal Sneeze

    That Fatal Sneeze

    That Fatal Sneeze

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    As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy...

    That Fatal Sneeze
  • 1913
    The Book

    The Book

    The Book

    01913HD

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

    The Book
  • 1904
    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    5.31904HD

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

    A Day in the Hayfields
  • 1902
    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    5.91902HD

    A policeman is run over by an automobile

    How to Stop a Motor Car
  • 1920
    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    4.71920HD

    HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly...

    Helen of Four Gates
  • 1908
    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

    61908HD

    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.

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper
  • 1914
    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    51914HD

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

    An Engagement of Convenience
  • 1916
    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    01916HD

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

    Annie Laurie
  • 1922
    A Day with the Gipsies

    A Day with the Gipsies

    A Day with the Gipsies

    01922HD

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

    A Day with the Gipsies
  • 1899
    View from an Engine Front: Shilla Mill Tunnel

    View from an Engine Front: Shilla Mill Tunnel

    View from an Engine Front: Shilla Mill Tunnel

    01899HD

    A phantom ride.

    View from an Engine Front: Shilla Mill Tunnel
  • 1915
    Wife the Weaker Vessel

    Wife the Weaker Vessel

    Wife the Weaker Vessel

    01915HD

    Chrissie White, one of Hepworth Studios' biggest stars, heads up this feisty battle-of-the-sexes comedy about an independent young lady who, for the...

    Wife the Weaker Vessel
  • 1915
    The Second String

    The Second String

    The Second String

    01915HD

    After his brother's suicide, Alec Dale is determined to get revenge on the woman that he believes drove him to his death.

    The Second String
  • 1899
    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

    71899HD

    Filmed from the front of a steam launch in a late Victorian summer, this film offers a glimpse of our 19th century ancestors enjoying their leisure...

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River
  • 1914
    Heart of Midlothian

    Heart of Midlothian

    Heart of Midlothian

    01914HD

    A crofter's daughter has a child by an outlaw and is condemned to death when it is stolen by a midwife's mad daughter.

    Heart of Midlothian
  • 1923
    Mist in the Valley

    Mist in the Valley

    Mist in the Valley

    61923HD

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

    Mist in the Valley
  • 1924
    Lily of the Alley

    Lily of the Alley

    Lily of the Alley

    01924HD

    Bill and Lily are newly married. Bert works as a tea salesman and is of a naturally cheery disposition. Over time however, worries about the...

    Lily of the Alley
  • 1912
    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    11912HD

    An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their...

    Oliver Twist