We put the world before you by means of the Bioscope and Urban films (Nov 1903)

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117 Mi 4153 ... THE PUZZLED BATHER AND HIS ANIMATED CLOTHES Hither approaches water, and stands considering whether he will venture ; feels the water, and deciding to go in proceeds to undress ; he finds some difficulty in completing that opera . tion, f..r as soon as he has divested himself of si i of his apparel it is immediately replaced in some mysterious manner by others, until he has quite a pile beside him. Becoming exasperated at his futile efforts to undress, he plunges in clothes and all, and immediately returns to the bank relieved of these troublesome clothes. However, just as he is congratulating himself his raiment follows him out of the water, a bit at a time, and assumes its proper place on his person, until he is again fully dressed. He gives up in despair, and walks away, the clothes on the bank following. One of the funniest effects of reversing. Length 80 feet. 4155 ... TEASING GRANDPA Grandpa asleep in chair, boy comes in, picks a fly off a sticky fly-paper and puts it on his spectacles, goes behind him and shouts in his ear and runs away. Grandpa starts up and proceeding to read his paper is annoyed by the fly which he tries to catch, eventually discovers it on his spectacles, laughs and shows it to the audience, coming nearer to the camera until the fly and the one glass of the spectacles fills the picture. He goes back and sits in the chair, leaning his elbow on the table puts it on the sticky fly-paper. Funny business getting rid of paper, finally picks it off his boots with a handkerchief and throws it down on the chair; just at that moment boy comes behind screen and shouts again, Grandpa alarmed drops in the chair, then jumps up again and runs after the boy, showing the fly-paper and handkerchief sticking behind. Length 92 feet. 4166 ... PING-PONG-AN AMUSING BURLESQUE OF THIS POPULAR PASTIME Scene — Buildings in course of erection ; two labourers at work ; foreman walks in, looks at his watch and blows whistle for dinner ; labourers throw down hod and shovel and run to fetch their dinner. Other workmen, too, are seen hurrying away; these two sit down on inverted buckets in the foreground and discuss the contents of their red handkerchiefs ; one is reading a paper. While thus occupied a ball hits one of them ; he picks it up and threatens the thrower, who comes up and claims his ball ; the labourer refuses to give it up and sends the boy away crying. The other labourer suggests putting a board across the tub and playing ping-pong with it which they proceed to do, and each with a trowel they are soon fairly absorbed in the game. This continues till the ball falls between them ; they both reach down for it at the same time, and knock their heads pretty smartly ; standing up facing each other and rubbing their heads, each blames the other till they come to blows, and in the midst of a regular scrimmage the foreman comes in and orders them away. Length 90 feet