Explosion of a Motor Car
Interesting. I like looking at the early film to get a sense of the world our ancestors lived in.
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Cecil Hepworth
Films
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How It Feels to Be Run Over
An early instance of a filmmaker going for the throat, this faux documentary is easily one of the first "driver safety" shorts on record. The director cleverly creates a fake-out within the film's brief one-minute running time to seemingly suggest that the preferred method of transportation is...Start your free trial to watch
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Explosion of a Motor Car
It has been claimed that early automobiles were not particularly safe. British director Cecil Hepworth takes such notions to the inevitable extreme. In this case, the explosion is only the beginning. Tragedy follows (with a dose of black humor). This particular version, oddly cropped to lop off to full...Start your free trial to watch
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Rescued by Rover
Before Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, there was Rover. British film producer Cecil Hepworth struck upon a lasting adventure formula by deploying his well-trained collie as the hero. Innovative race-to-the-rescue editing carries off the hound’s intrepid pursuit of a baby-snatching drunkard. A brief introductory...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- International / European / United Kingdom / British
- International / European / United Kingdom / British
- Family
- Drama / Melodrama
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Drama / Pseudodocumentary
- Silent / Silent Drama
- Silent / Silent Drama
- Silent / Silent Horror
- Horror / Splatter
- Short / Trick
Recent Reviews
Rescued by Rover
Sweet
Explosion of a Motor Car
Very cheeky.
Rescued by Rover
Nice hero dog.
Explosion of a Motor Car
A way of year before monty python's flying circus