PHILIPP WOLFF

Catalogue (juillet-août 1897)

Le catalogue "Philipp Wolff" s'organise en 4 séries :

  • Serie A : non indiqué (vues en provenance du catalogue "Pirou")
  • Serie B : Robert Houdin ("Méliès")
  • Serie C : Lumière
  • Serie D : non indiqué (certaines vues en provenance du catalogue "Pathé")
  • Serie E : non indiqué. Non identifié.
This list is composed of 4 series (A, B, C, D), in which the subjects are numbered.
By giving an order it must be kept in mind that though the names of some subjects are similar they differ in price and quality.
Concerning the length mentioned in the headings no guarantee canbe given as to the exact length indicated.
All my Filims are after the Edison perforation systme (4 holes) and can be worked on any machine.
Série A.-Between 60 and 75 ft. long. clear.-PRICE: £ 4
001 A dispute with a coachman
002 The Drunkards
003 Menuet Louis XV
004 The Sentinel (Comic scene)
005 Feeding an Elephant at the Zoo
006 The Czar in Paris
007 do. do. (4 lenghs £ 16)
008 Bath of a Parisian lady
009 A bride retiring to bed (dbl. length £ 8)
010 Assault of arms betw the Champions, Pini and Kirshoeffer (1 1/2 length £ 6)
  New Serie : Scenes of the life of Christ. These pictures of great artistic value varying in length according to the subject they represent-their prices are in proportion
011 The birth of Christ, the shepherds and magi (about 53ft. lg £ 4)
012 Jesus in the Temple (about 40 ft. lg. £ 3)
013 Jesus restoring to life the widow's son (about 43 ft. lg £ 3,5)
014 Let the little children come unto me (about 69 ft. lg £ 5,5)
015 Entry into Jerusalem (about 40 ft. lg. £ 3)
016 The last supper (about 26 ft. lg £ 2)
017 Gethsemane, the Agony, the Treason (about 92 ft lg. £ 7)
018 Before Pilate, Condemnation, Ecce homo (about 32 ft. lg. £ 2,10)
019 On the way to Calvery (about 56 ft. lg. £ 4,5)
020 Golgotha, the Cross (about 56 ft. lg. 4,5) 
021 The descent from the Cross (about 24 ft. lg. £ 1,15)
022 The Resurrection (about 19 ft. lg. £ 1,5)
  The whole Serie (11.22)-PRICE £ 34

ROBERT HOUDIN
Serie B.-About 75 ft. long. clear.-PRICE: £ 3.15

001 A wedding party leaving church
002 A terrible night (comic scene)
003 Lightning cartoonist (drawing M. Thiers)
004 Lightning cartoonist (drawing Mr. Chamberlain)
005 Lightning cartoonist (drawing Queen Victoria)
006 Lightning cartoonist (drawing Prince Bismark)
007 The vanishing lady
008 Ladykillers
009 The haunted castle
010 The haunted castle (3 lenghts £ 11/5)
011 Leaving a workshop
012 The Clown
013 On board a steamer (betw. Calais and Dover)
014 Mont Blanc, a dangerous passage
015 On the roof (exciting scene)
016 Nightmare
017 Mr. Devant "the famous conjuror"
  Scenes in the graeco-turk war
018 Mohammedan inhabitants of Crete massacring christian Greeks
019 Turks attacking a house defended by Greeks (Turnavos)
020 The greek man of war "George" shelling the fort of Previsa
021 Escution of a greck spy at Pharsala

LUMIÈRE
Serie C. - Betw. 50 and 60 ft - PRICE £ 3.
These Filmes perforated after the Edison system can be worked on most apparatus with very few exceptions

  GENERAL VIEWS
0001 Turning Plates
0002 Workshops of Ciotat
0003 Aquarium
0004 Ostriches 
0005 Arrival by Cab
0006 Feeling a Tree
0007 Arrival of Steamer
0008  Arrival of Train at Station
0009  Fishing-smack leaving Harbour
0010  Fishing-smack at sea
0011 Sea Bathing
0012 Niggers Bathing
0013 See Saw
0014  Farmyard
0015  Children's Ball
0016  Boxing
0017  Bicyclist
0018  Gold-fish Globe
0019  Loading Barrels on Trolly
0020  Steam Boiler
0021  Swans
0022  Concert
0023  Procession-Sun Car
0024  Procession-Roman Warriors and Abyssinians
0025  Baby Competition
0026  Fighting Cocks
0027  Bulldog Competition
  CARNIVAL- See Nice
0028 Unloading Grain
0029 Dance on the Stage
0030 Japanese Dance
0031 Tyrolese Dance
0032 Departure of Cab
0033 Departure of Cyclists
0034 Unloading a Ship
0035 Pistol Duel
0036 March Past of a Young Ladie's School
0037 Landing
0038 Lady Acrobats
0039 Departure of a Transatlantic Liner
0040 Breaking up a Wall-I. and II.
0041 Cat's Breakfast
0042 Writing on the Wrong Side
0043 Children's Sports
0044 Elephants 
0045 Children Catching Shrimps
0046 Embarking a Horse
0047 Embarking Fishing-nets
0048 Starting for a walk
0049 Child and Dog
0050 Children playing Marbles
0051 Blaksmiths
0052  Gale at Sea
0053 Japanese Jugglers
0054  Lion
0055  Bicycling Lesson
0056 Japanese Wrestlers
0057  Lauching a Vessel
0058 Hauling in Fishing-nets
0059 Plonghing
0060  Washewomen
0061 Sheep at Slaughter-house
0062 Shoeing Forge
0063  Carpenters
0064  Weeds
0065 Market
0066  Niggers Sweeping
0067  Baby's First Steps
0068  Fishermen Mending Nets
0069 Fishing for Goldfish
0070 Fishing for Sardines
0071  Pelicans 
0072  Game of Bulldogs
0073  Game of Cards
0074  Game of Tricks
0075  Hunting the Sparrows-hawk
0076 Firemen-Depart of Fire Engine
0077  Firemen-Getting Ready
0078  Firemen-Playing on the Fire
0079  Firemen-Life Saving
0080  Panorama (taken from the train)-Departure of Train from Ambérieu Station (winter time)
0081 Panorama (taken from the train)-Arrival of Trian at Aix-les-Bains (winter time)
0082  Children Quarrelling
0083 Recreation of Birds
0084  Raft with Bathers
0085  Returning from a Sail
0086  Cat's Dinner
0087  Rocks de la Vierge-Biarritz
0088 Baby's Dinner
0089 Family Dinner
0090 Serpent 
0091  Leaving the Factory
0092 The Divers
0093  Men Sawing Wood
0094 Children Scene
0095 Tigers
0096 Tourists Returning from Excursion
0097 Motors Cars
  COMIC VIEWS
0099 Gardener Sprinkling and being Sprinkled
0100  Women Fighting
0101  Snowballing
0102 Nursemaid and Cuirassier 
0103 Nursemaid and Soldier
0104 Boxing
0105  Hat Transformation Tricks
0106 Hairdressing
0107  Mechanical Meat-chopping
0108 Carpenter and Box-maker
0109  Sack Race
0110 

Blind Man's Buff

0111  Discussion
0112  Dentist
0113  Russian Dance
0114 Giant and Dwarf
0115 Playing with Cards
0116  Jury of Painters
0117  Grotesque Skater
0118  Photographeer
0119 Conjuror
0120  Give and Take
0121  Traveller and Pickpockets
  FRANCE
  Carmaux
0122 Taking Coke from Furnaces
0123 Charging Furnaces with Coke
  Evian
0124 Barges
0125 Embarking
0126  Disembarking
  Lyons
0127  Arrival of Train at Perrache
0128  Cordeliers Square
0129  Bellecour Square
0130  Panorama taken from Train arriving at Perrache Station
0131 Panorama (taken from boat) of the Saone Quays
  Marseilles
0132  The Exchange
0133  La Cannebière
0134  Cours Belzunce
0135 Fish Market
0136 Harbour de la Joliette
0137  Old Harbour
  Nice
0138  Carnival 
0139

Carnival

0140 Carnival
0141 Carnival
0142 Carnival
0143 Carnival
0144 Carnival
0145 Carnival
0146 Panorama of the Casino, taken from a boat
0147 Place Masséna
  Nîmes
0148 Leaving Church
  Paris
0149 Arc de Triomphe
0150 Bassin des Tuileries
0151 Champs-Elysées
0152 Champs-Elysées-Carriages
0153 Place de la Concorde
0154 Place de l'Opéra
0155 Procession du Bœuf gras-Carnival of Prince's Car
0156 Mi-careme : Car of the Queen of Queens
  Toulouse
0157 Rue Alsace-Lorraine
  Inundations of 1896
0158 Lyons-Quai de l'Archevêché
0159 Lyons-Saving of Rabbits
0160 Macon-Panorama taken from a Train
  Franco Russian visit
0161 Cherbourg-Sovereings of Russia Disembarking
0162 Entry of Russian Czar and Czarina of Russia in the Pavilion
0163 Paris-The Czar and Czarina of Russia and the French President at the Champs-Élysées
0164 Chasseurs and Spahis on Horseback forming Escort
0165 Dragoons forming Escort
0166 General Saussier et His Staff
0167 The People on the Place de l'Opera
  Military Views
0168 Horse-pond
0169 24th Chasseurs Alpine-March Past
0170  Gymnastic March
0171  Boxing Lesson
0172  Jumping Obstacles 
0173 Bayonet Exercise
0174 Muscular Exercise
0175 Reassembling
0176  Handling of Arms
0177  Storming a Wall
0178  27th Chasseurs Alpine-March Past
0179  Batalion Marching Past en masse 
0180  Storming of Portico
0181 Staff Exercise
0182  Cuirassiers-Mounting
0183 Cuirassiers-Departing
0184  Cuirassiers-Charging
0185 Cuirassiers-Fighting
0186 Dragoons Swimming across the Saone
0187 Sword Exercise
0188 Fending Lesson-Saluting
0190 Fending Lesson-Assaulting
0191 96th Lline-March Past
0192 Jumping
0193 Turks March Pas
0194 Vaulting
0195 Le 'Brennus'-Warship
0196 Le 'Magenta'-Warship
  ALGIERS
  Alger
0197 Muezzin Praying
0198 Anes
0199 Arab Market
0200 Government Place
0201 Rue Bab-Azoun
0202 Ships Unloading in Harbour
  Tlemcen
0203  Rue Mascara
0204 Rue Sidi-Bou-Médine
0205  Rue de France
  Tunis
0206  The Bey and his Escort
0207 Market
0208 Fish Market
0209 Vegetable Market
0210  Street and Gate Bab-el-Khaira
0211  Gate of France
0212 El Hafouina St.
0213 Sidi-ben-Arous St.
0214  Place Bab-Souika
0215  Souk-el-Bey
  Souza
0216  Coal Market, with Camels
  Amman Liff
0217  Stop at Station
  FOREIGN
  GERMANY
  Berlin
0218 Under the Linden
0219 Panoptikum Friedrichstrasse
0220 Potsdamer Platz
  Inauguration of the monument of William I
0221 1. Before the Inauguration-Arrival of the Sovereings
0222 2. The Inauguration
0223 3. March Past of the Hussars before Kaiser William II
0224 Kaiser William II and Czar Nicolas II on Horseback
  Cologne
0225 Leaving the Cathedral
0226  Arrival of the Express
0227 Panorama taken from a Boat
0228  Bridge of Boats
  Dresden
0229  Postplatz
0230 Old Exhibition Quarter
0231 Augult Bridge
  Francfort a/M
0232  Reception of Kaiser William II
0233  Old Market Place
  Hamburg
0234  Lombards Bridge
  Munich
0235  Karlsplatz
0236  Maximilianeum
  Stuttgart
0237  Schlossplatz
0238  Fountain on the Schlossplatz
0239  Procession on the Schlossplatz
0240 Procession of Old Germans
0241  Procession of Cavaliers
  Military Views
0242 Stuttgart: 26th Dragoons-Jumping Obstacles
0243 Dismounting
0244 March Past
0245  Gorlitl-Military Review before Kaiser William II and Czar Nicolas II
  ENGLAND
  London
0246 A Fire Call
0247  CLady Cyclists and Cavaliers Arriving at a Cottage
0248  Procession at the Wedding of Princess Maud
0249  Street Dancing
0250  Entry of the Cinematographe
0251  Hyde Park
0252 Niggers Dancing in the Street
0253  Tower Bridge
0254  Westminster Bridge
0255  Piccadilly Circus
0256  Regent Street
  Military Views
0257  Guards at Buckingham Palace
0258  Horse Guards
  SPAIN
  Madrid
0259  Arrival of Bull-fighters
0260 Puerta del sol
0261  Porte de Tolède
  Military Views
0262  The Queen's Body-Guard
0263  The Queen's Lancers-Charging
0264  March Past
0265  Engineers-March Past
0266  Dance in Camp
0267  Artillery-Firing Exercise
0268  Military Cyclists
0269  Guard coming from the Royal Palace
0270  Distribution of Food to the Soldiers
  AUSTRIA-HUGARY
  Budapest
0271 Procession of the Crown
0272 Procession of the Royal Sceptre
0273 Suspended Bridge
  Vienna
0274  Ring
0275  Entry of the Cinematograph
  ITALY
  Genoa
0276 Via Carlo Alberto
  Milan
0277  Bains de Diane
0278  Place du Dome
  Monza
0279  King and Queen of Italy
  Naples
0280  Via Marina
0281  Via Roma
0282 Harbour and Vesuvius
  Rome
0283  Procession at the Marriage of the Prince of Naples
0284

End of Procession at the Marriage of the Prince of Naples

0285  Piazza Colonna
0286  Piazza Termini
0287  Fountain of Trévi
0288  The Station
0289 Dance of the Ciocciari
0290  The Forum
  Venice
0291 Arrival  of Gondola
0292 Pigeons on the Place Saint-Marc
0293  Tramway
0294  Grand Canal with Gondolas
0295  Panorama of the Grand Canal (taken from a boat)
0296 Panorama of the St. Mark's Place (taken from a boat)
  Military Views
0297 Carabineers
0298 Infantry
0299  Bersaglieri
  RUSSIA
  Coronation of the Czar
0300  The Sovereings and Guests going to the Coronation Ceremony (Red Staircase)
0301  The Empress-Mother and the Grand Duchesse Engénie Driving
0302  Czar and Czarina entering the Church of Assumption
0303  Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin
0304  Countesse of Montebello
0305 Admiral Sallandrouze and General Tournier
0306  Asiatic Deputation
  Moscow
0307  Rue Tverskaia 
  SWITZERLAND
  Basles
0308 Bridge over the Rhine
  Geneva (Exhibition of '96)
0309  Cascade 
0310  Procession of Arabs 
0311  Egyptian Dance
0312 Village Fête
0313 Returning to the Stables
0314 Bel-Air Place
  Interlaken
0315 Procession 
  Lausanne
0316  March Past of the 8th Battalion
  Schaffhausen
0317  Waterfall of the Rhine (closely seen)
0318  Ditto (seen from a distance)
  NORTH AMERICA
  New York
0319  Broadway 
0320  Arrival of Train at Battery Place 
0321  Brooklyn Bridge 
0322  Métropolitan
0323  Broadway and Wall Street 
0324  Passengers Descending from Brooklyn Bridge
0325  Avenue and Union Square 
0326  Broadway and Reade Street
0327  Skaters at Central Park
0328  Broadway and Union Square 
0329  Whitehall Street 
  Brooklyn
0330  Fulton Street
  Boston
0331 Washington Street
0332  Market Street
0333  Commercial Street
0334 Atlantic Avenue
0335 Tremont Row
  Chicago
0336 March Past of Policemen
0337 Michigan Avenue
0338 Great Wheel
  Niagara
0339 The Waterfalls
0340

The Rapids

  Washington-Electrion of the President
0341 Executive Mansion
0342 March Past of Columbia District Artillery
0343 March Past of James Blain's Republican Club
0344 March Past of the National Guard of the District Columbia
  Mexico
0345 The President Taking Leave of his Ministers
0346 Transport of the Bell of Independence
0347 Rurals Galloping
0348 The President Promenading
0349 Bayonet Exercise
0350 Lassoeing a Wild Horse
0351 Indian's Meal
0352 Lassoeing Wild Buffalo
0353 Mexican Dance
0354 Getting oxen tired by labour
0355 Indian Market on the Viga Canal
0356 Cavalier on Restive Horse
0357 Bathing Horses
0358 Spanish Street-dance
Serie D.-About 70 ft. long. clear.-PRICE: £ 1.16
001 Arrival of a workmans train
002 Passing Infantry
003 A family breakfast
004 Passing Cavalry
005 Washerwomen
006 Bathing in the Seine
007 A view of the Sea
008 Leaving a factory
009 On the landing bridge of a steamer
010 A voyage in a Train
011 The Boulevards of Paris
012 A Joiner at his bench
013 A Parisian lady's bath
014 A Childrens ball
015 Danse macabre
016 The Arrival of a Tram car
017 A wine shop
018 Boating on the Marne
019 Place de la Concorde
020 A lovers' scene
021 The Market
022 Leap Frog
023 Childrens scrambling for sweets
024 A Farm scene
025 A Grindstone man
026 In a barbers shop
027 A terrible night
028 Place de la République
029 Arrival of the Czar in Paris
030 A card party
031 Ragpickers
032 Masons at work
033 The Port of Cherbourg
034 A Quadrille at the 'Moulin Rouge'
035 Serpentine Dance
036 A murder
037 Yvette retiring to bed
038 Caught in the act
039 Love Scene
040 A Love duel
041 The undressing of a Model
042 A dispute
043 A Malgache Dance
044 Washerwomen in the fields
045 A Dance under an umbrella
046 A round-about
047 A fantastic Dance
048 A boating party
049 At the Central Markets
050 Arrival of a Train
051 Passing Dragoons
052 Divers
053 On a Sofa
054 Navies at work
055 Blacksmiths
056 Farrier
057 Courtyard of a Barrack
058 Discharging a ship
059 Soudanese bathing
060 Place de l'Opera
061 Horse jumping at Saumur
062 Cavalry horses drinking
064 Children playing on the sands
065 Sea Breaking on the rocks
066 Manoeuvres of a Brigade
067 Military scene at Vincennes (return from Exercise)
068 A Fench Soldier's Courtship
069 A trick with a Funnel
070 A marriage scene in Russia
071 The Headdress of the bride
072 A National Dance
073 An Excentric Russian Dance
074 A Jumping Russian Dance
075 Pierrots
076 The Senegalais
077 Trained dogs and rats
078 Tle Boulevard St. Michel
079 A Bicycle race
080 Infantry exercise
081 Telegraphists and pastry cooks (Comic)
082 The Carnival at Paris (5 subjects)
083 A greek Dance in National Costume
084 Acrobats
085 Battle of flowers at Nice
086 Men of war manoeuvering
087 A Caravan in Egypt
088 Place Victoria in Berlin
089 Queen Victoria Street, London
090 Oxford Steet, London
091 A wedding party
092 Danse du ventre
093 A Spanish acrobat
094 A Lions Cage
095 Switch-Back
096 In a Balloon
097 Selling wafers
098 A rabbit
099 Dancing at a fair
100 Miss de Vere, danseuse
101 Unter den Linden, Berlin
102 Leizigerstr, Berlin
103 The Guard Berlin
  Inauguration of the Monument of William Ist
104 Defile of the Germania
105 Defile of the Bicyclists
106 Defile of the Students
107 Defile of the Ladies of honour
108 The emperor leads the standard-bearers to the monument
109 Westminster, London
110 Bois de Boulogne, Paris
111 A comical painter and his model
112 A Girl of the Bretagne
113 Chambre Separée
114 Menuett (Dance Louis XV)
115 Tambourin (")
116 Dance Gracieuse (")
117 English Dance (")
118 March past of Chasseur Regiment
119 President of the French Republic accompanied by the Ministers
120 March past of Artillery (with Cannons and Ammunition Waggons)
121 Manoeuvres of Artillery
122 Railway crossing
123 A scuffle on the terrace of a Café
124 Flora
125 An arrest
126 Tipsy girl in a wheelbarrow (humorous)
127 Stick no bills (humorous)
128 The bridge at Joinville
129 The clowns (humorous)
130 The jumping clowns (humorus)
131 The Executioner
132 March past of the French Guard on Horseback
133 Boat race
134 Flower girl and the fireman (humorous)
135 Lady's tailor
136 Peasant riding on donkey
137 A violent character (humorous)
138 The undressing of a lady
139 Spanish Dance
140 From Nogent to Joinville (Panorama taken in a train)
141 Execution in Berlin
Serie E. Length about 75 feet.-PRICE £ 10/.
001 A funny solution
002 Fireman and servant girl
003 Country wedding
004 The confession
005 Pigeons flying up
006 The three periods of female life
007 St. Antoine of Padua
008 Pierrot and Columbine
009 The unexpected bath
010 The discovery of a lynched man
011 The pierrot and the charwoman
012 A farce

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