Set against a black backdrop, a troupe of acrobats of varying ages, dressed as and playing the part of Japanese people, perform a series of impossible balancing exercises that defy the laws of gravity...
Dressed in a checked suit and smoking a pipe, a pickpocket is chased by two policemen. He gives his pursuers the slip by performing a variety of magic tricks, such as disappearing or changing form, so...
An individual, fully dressed and wearing a straw boater, tips his hat and dives off a platform into the water, to which he promptly returns in reverse motion, only wearing a swimsuit. After performing...
A king asks his astronomer to let him look at the sky through a telescope. The astronomer tells him all about the moon, Saturn and Jupiter. The king, fascinated with the idea of travelling to the plan...
Two men and a woman are out walking in the woods when a storm suddenly blows up and they decide to take shelter in a house that turns out to be haunted. The objects inside the house come to life and i...
Standing on a moon, a woman picks white costumes from the stars which, when she shakes them, turn into harlequins. The harlequins fall to earth and there begin to dance, initiating a series of transfo...
Set in a drawing room, a magician performs a series of magic tricks in which people are seen to appear and disappear, change costume, replicate and change from men to women. He is assisted by several ...
A violinist enters a ballroom and initiates a dance. A man enters the hall. He interrupts the dance, makes the dancers disappear and then proceeds to transform himself into a demon before taking the m...