The film shows in some detail, by means of stop action, the various stages in assembling the rotary engine. It starts (about half-way through) with the assembly of the rear drum and crankshaft, and co...
Engineers place dynamite into the holes drilled for the blast. The charge of 26 tons of dynamite is then used to blow a cliff-face, bringing down 300,000 tons of rock, "a record blast".
Newsreel ...
The policemen are drawn up on parade for their annual inspection by a civilian commissioner. They march past, including mounted policemen, in an open park.
Newsreel item on the Manchester police,...
A punt is crammed full with the men, who have no room to move. It is pulled across the river and they disembark on the far side. The date originally given was 26 May, but independent evidence (see Not...
The film depends for its effect on stop-action camera tricks. It opens with 'President Kruger' of the Transvaal Republic gloating over a bust of himself. Beside him, a large placard reads "On Majuba D...
British soldiers are engaged in a fire-fight at close range with Boers on high ground above them. One of the Boers gets close enough to a British soldier to touch him before falling hit. The Boer asks...
The stage-like set is the interior of an eighteenth century drawing room (note the placard "Lumière" on the right). A wizard mixes and pours powders into a bowl on a pedestal. This changes into a hun...
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...