Hello, my name is Rebecca and I am a huge history buff! I hope to provide information and biographies of some of history's infamous, fun and fascinating characters. I think history is vital to understanding the world we live in.

The Famous Box Trick is a 1898 French short black-and-white silent trick film, featuring a stage magician who transforms one boy…

The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in…

On the right on the video we can watch the hotel "Paris". It is known that this was a grand hotel…

slows down film from the late 1800s to early 1900s to more accurately match the speed at which modern footage is…

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The Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of…

Annabelle Butterfly Dance is an 1894 short film. It is one of the several silent films produced by the Edison Manufacturing…

The Kiss in the Tunnel is a 1899 film British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by George Albert Smith,…

Cinderella is an 1899 French film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released…