Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Lewis Carroll | BFI National Archive

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The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet. With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original colours for the first time in over 100 years.
Music: 'Jill in the Box', composed and performed by Wendy Hiscocks.
This restoration was supported by The Headley Trust and The Pilgrim Trust.
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@maplesyrupghost
@maplesyrupghost 8 жыл бұрын
in 100 years people are going to look at this comments section and say "all these people are dead!"
@maplesyrupghost
@maplesyrupghost 8 жыл бұрын
***** we'll all be dead anyway lol if you can read this message in 2116: greetings time traveller! avenge my death!!!
@belstar1128
@belstar1128 8 жыл бұрын
Unless something very bad happens youtube will probability still be around but they may change the comment system so much that this comment will be deleted.
@julienielsen3746
@julienielsen3746 7 жыл бұрын
I'll be in Heaven.
@miko50474
@miko50474 7 жыл бұрын
....Agree.
@Mr_x_19922
@Mr_x_19922 7 жыл бұрын
Hi if you are watching this in +50 years I am gonna be probably dead
@Maxine07
@Maxine07 6 жыл бұрын
The fun fact is that real life Alice Liddel was still alive when this movie was made!
@PkmariO64
@PkmariO64 4 жыл бұрын
Risner France Garces - It’s true. Alice Liddell lived until 1934, a whole 31 years after this film first released. Here’s some more info, if you’re interested: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell
@laobok
@laobok 4 жыл бұрын
@Risner France Garces She was the muse for the character of Alice. Not that hard to figure out since they have the same fucking name.
@petertherepeatermustard3231
@petertherepeatermustard3231 4 жыл бұрын
@@laobok lol
@beckam20382
@beckam20382 3 жыл бұрын
@Rare Color Films SHUT UP ASSHOLE
@josecarranza7555
@josecarranza7555 3 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Ramirez WTF is your problem bitch?
@SamJonesPlatypus
@SamJonesPlatypus 8 жыл бұрын
Give that cat an Oscar.
@YMPictures
@YMPictures 7 жыл бұрын
KittyPouncer he's over 100 years old
@VOMITQUEEN
@VOMITQUEEN 7 жыл бұрын
Yeti Man he's nothing but a skeleton now.
@Starry_Night_Sky7455
@Starry_Night_Sky7455 6 жыл бұрын
The cat may be a great great great great great great relative of Grumpy Cat?
@monsterjamfan100xtreme4
@monsterjamfan100xtreme4 6 жыл бұрын
Bonnie Hundley or Garfield's brother or relative to grumpiness cats
@kissarococo2459
@kissarococo2459 4 жыл бұрын
I dunno. He is less Cheshire cat and more Grumpy cat.
@utdyesruruaurs3585
@utdyesruruaurs3585 Жыл бұрын
What shocks me is how this film is so incredible for 1903 and was preserved in such a long time without being lost forever. Most films durning that time are now lost forever and now are impossible to be even seen nowadays. So, this film not being lost in the 21st century is incredibly wonderful
@Gunblade_man
@Gunblade_man 8 жыл бұрын
Gives me the shivers thinking I am seeing a movie that is more than 100 years old, but it's a weird and indescribable feeling.
@cpaliulis
@cpaliulis 5 жыл бұрын
You know, me too!
@dotheyfloat9961
@dotheyfloat9961 3 жыл бұрын
It gives me shivers reading your comment which is 5 years old.
@openroomxyz
@openroomxyz 3 жыл бұрын
@@dotheyfloat9961 yea xD
@jackbrown4120
@jackbrown4120 2 жыл бұрын
@@dotheyfloat9961 yours is a year old but I don't shiver over it.
@fairone1000
@fairone1000 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Me too! It's wonderful!
@not.supermario
@not.supermario Жыл бұрын
This movie is 120 years old as of this year. It's honestly a nice little film that still looks amazing. The special effects are definitely something that would be hard to achieve with the limited resources of films made at the time.
@GrubStLodger
@GrubStLodger 9 жыл бұрын
I am very fond of the grumpy cheshire cat in this.
@undignifiedable
@undignifiedable 10 жыл бұрын
I loved seeing the kids dressed up as cards at the end - smiling and having fun just like todays kids at that age..
@Jeff98177
@Jeff98177 10 жыл бұрын
They also couldn't help but steal glances at the camera. The Six of Diamonds loses her hat and the Eight of Diamonds nearly steps on it. (7:33)
@frenchieseverine4514
@frenchieseverine4514 6 жыл бұрын
I love these kids too. They were only kids that lived in the 1900's that's all but they had leisure and games even if they had no TV or video games like today kids. Kids of that time smiled when they were filmed or had fun with their siblings and they had dolls and other toys fortunately especially in wealthy families.I love seeing kids of this era.
@theunknowngamer5477
@theunknowngamer5477 4 жыл бұрын
@@laobok Everyone should inhabit a place on Twitter... Why not remind everyone how much there is to learn about random posts and the rejects who make them?
@laobok
@laobok 4 жыл бұрын
@@theunknowngamer5477 What you said did not make a modicum of sense.
@theunknowngamer5477
@theunknowngamer5477 2 жыл бұрын
@@laobok YES
@LauraSusanJohnson
@LauraSusanJohnson Жыл бұрын
Queen Victoria had only been dead about 2 years, and Walt Disney was just a 2 year old toddler when this was made. Awesome film. Nicely restored. 🎞 🎬 🎥 📽
@saul-goodman
@saul-goodman 9 ай бұрын
Most people think about how all these people are dead, but I'm more in awe of how all these people were alive in the 1800's. Some of them remember a time before lightbulbs and here they are in a movie. Amazing
@saul-goodman
@saul-goodman 9 ай бұрын
To add to that, some people who were born in the 1700s would have still been alive when this movie was released, and some of those people would have known people who existed all the way back in the 1600s, 400 years ago
@alicea9025
@alicea9025 7 жыл бұрын
feeling weird thinking that im watching this in 2017 like It's 114 years passed
@frenchieseverine4514
@frenchieseverine4514 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah i also had this feeling the first time i watched this animation but it is amazing and to be honest i cannot get tired of it. I watch this animation every time i can ,at least twice a month and even more. And I am hypnotised by the music.I feel like i 'm making a trip in the past.
@user-kz8tk5po5z
@user-kz8tk5po5z 5 жыл бұрын
@@frenchieseverine4514 people will feel similar weird and curious when they watch our movies and you tube channel in 2119
@luis67404
@luis67404 4 жыл бұрын
And me, in 2019!
@michaelrodriguez2829
@michaelrodriguez2829 4 жыл бұрын
Now it's Twenty-Twenty(2020)
@BAADGER
@BAADGER 4 жыл бұрын
its 2020 what are you freakin talking about
@Vintageart1994
@Vintageart1994 9 жыл бұрын
This was so awesome! All the kids looked so cute in their little card costumes.
@princess2scooby
@princess2scooby 6 жыл бұрын
I was in a little card costume for a play
@user-kz8tk5po5z
@user-kz8tk5po5z 5 жыл бұрын
The kids are our great great great grandfather and grandma!
@currykingwurst6393
@currykingwurst6393 5 жыл бұрын
Those kids have lived full lives, grew old, became parents, became grandparents, some maybe became great-grandparents. They've been alive during two world wars, they've experienced cinema becoming a big thing, cars were slowly becoming a normal thing when these kids grew up. Just think about how much has changed since they performed their scenes for this film.
@user-kz8tk5po5z
@user-kz8tk5po5z 5 жыл бұрын
@@currykingwurst6393 they are the same age and generation of the popular Rudolph valentino ,Charlie Chaplin and Mary pickford!
@Fireglo
@Fireglo 5 жыл бұрын
@@currykingwurst6393 or maybe they all died in the war?
@emmah491
@emmah491 8 жыл бұрын
Grumpiest cat ever for the Cheshire cat! Wonderful film
@tonichappell7596
@tonichappell7596 6 жыл бұрын
The Original Grumpy Cat!
@FrankieTanner55
@FrankieTanner55 4 жыл бұрын
Just think, we are watching a piece of cinema before even WWI and the sinking of the titanic!
@dotheyfloat9961
@dotheyfloat9961 3 жыл бұрын
And that girl's parents would have been alive during the American Civil War.
@elizabethmacpherson0989
@elizabethmacpherson0989 3 ай бұрын
You just blew my mind with that damn
@Shadywolf09
@Shadywolf09 9 жыл бұрын
Yes, people: Everyone in this film is now deceased. I checked all the names associated with this film and no one is alive, obviously. Margaret Hope McGuffie, who played the White Rabbit and the Queen, passed away at 43, the youngest (1874-1917.) May Clark, who played Alice, passed away at 94, the oldest (1889-1984.)
@Shadywolf09
@Shadywolf09 9 жыл бұрын
David Frigault I could only find those who were listed on film credits; any other individuals taking part in this film, to the best of my knowledge, are not mentioned and most likely deceased.
@larrydirtybird
@larrydirtybird 9 жыл бұрын
David Frigault Of COURSE they're all dead! This film is 112 years old. Even a child of 3 back then would have to be 115 years-old today. Come on, do some math!
@OhTerrful1
@OhTerrful1 9 жыл бұрын
ᏰᏗşιℓ Thank you for your hard work at research.
@OhTerrful1
@OhTerrful1 9 жыл бұрын
***** Bitch, you is cray!
@BaphometsLounge
@BaphometsLounge 9 жыл бұрын
ᏰᏗşιℓ Thank you for your research as I, for one, appreciated it.
@ZaCloud-Gaming___she-her
@ZaCloud-Gaming___she-her 8 жыл бұрын
Hm, I wonder why the dog only showed up for a few frames. Lost footage? Kinda weird. But really, for its time, the special effects are pretty darn impressive! Especially the growing/shrinking, and the superimposition of the Cheshire Cat. If you think about how hard that would be to do with raw film, it most likely left audiences in awe. I'm glad this was preserved and shared with us. :)
@PkmariO64
@PkmariO64 5 жыл бұрын
Well, the film is supposed to be 12 minutes long, so there was probably some unsalvageable footage that had to be cut. Hopefully another print resurfaces with some of the missing material.
@silverquex8495
@silverquex8495 4 жыл бұрын
@@PkmariO64 yea it's a shame so many movies might never be seen again
@SatumainenOlento
@SatumainenOlento 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! I was so impressed with shrinking and growing and the cat! People have always been so clever.
@WillCWilson
@WillCWilson 4 жыл бұрын
They probably just built a larger version of the set to make the actress look small.
@BrazilianImperialist
@BrazilianImperialist 3 жыл бұрын
@@SatumainenOlento Watch la voyage dans le lune
@AAvfx
@AAvfx 4 жыл бұрын
*when comments on an old flick become spiritual*
@littlenatnatz101
@littlenatnatz101 10 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible! And amazing for the time period. Especially the grow/shrink effects in the hallway, it's not like they could just CGI that in back then! Gorgeous. I love it.
@marcse7en
@marcse7en 4 жыл бұрын
This is charming and delightful, even by 2020 standards! But in 1903, this would have been AMAZING, and almost like MAGIC! Audiences would have been thrilled! It's wonderful this film has been preserved, while many are lost forever! Time Travel is possible after all?
@middlechild2022
@middlechild2022 Жыл бұрын
Don't know if time travel is possible or not but we really need it
@frenchieseverine4514
@frenchieseverine4514 8 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! It was the very first version of Alice in Wonderland and the special effects were good and the storyline was respected. All the actors are dead now but they left a print even if they couldn't know we would watch this movie 110 years later.May they rest in peace.
@kycatz99
@kycatz99 12 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing how they managed to piece this together back then with all of those special effects!
@sharonryan2815
@sharonryan2815 4 жыл бұрын
I loved the last little diamond card running behind the others and the adult actors obviously waiting for them to catch up with the Queen putting a caring arm around their shoulder.
@transorio3079
@transorio3079 4 жыл бұрын
this gives me a sence of sadness and nostalgia for some reason
@Unknown-sb4mi
@Unknown-sb4mi 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@davids8449
@davids8449 3 жыл бұрын
It's called being a human being........you are probably making your first steps in turning your television off and widening your mind, do not be frightened
@Industrialist2015ofUk
@Industrialist2015ofUk 3 жыл бұрын
Were you around in 1903 then...
@psykosabre9762
@psykosabre9762 3 жыл бұрын
@@davids8449 what the actual FUCK are you talking about
@badassdanthepowerman6438
@badassdanthepowerman6438 2 жыл бұрын
Your consciousness is merely regurgitated into a new fleshy mass when you die, continuing the cycle for generations, I have no idea what I’m talking about.
@doubaya2959
@doubaya2959 4 жыл бұрын
Im imagining people coming out of the theater telling other folks how impressed they are with the state of the art visual effects in the movie.
@SorrowfulSophia
@SorrowfulSophia 9 жыл бұрын
Amazing that this is 112 years old, I love these silent films its a glimpse into the world when the 20th century was just beginning
@xakdish4169
@xakdish4169 4 жыл бұрын
Stoopid this was 117 years ago. Dummy.
@vvvnokk8309
@vvvnokk8309 4 жыл бұрын
@@xakdish4169 fuck you
@xakdish4169
@xakdish4169 4 жыл бұрын
Docetil _ u wanna fuck me?
@stefaxefrancy6565
@stefaxefrancy6565 4 жыл бұрын
@@xakdish4169 yeaaaaa
@viz4884
@viz4884 4 жыл бұрын
@@xakdish4169 stfu
@ceruleanblu3184
@ceruleanblu3184 4 жыл бұрын
The only adaptation of Alice I’ve seen with a real cat as the Cheshire Cat! Any other time, he’s animated (ink & paint/CGI) or someone wearing makeup.
6 жыл бұрын
The cat is definetly not smiling
@garbageday587
@garbageday587 8 жыл бұрын
Most male children in this movie fought and died in WW1
@evelynwilhelmson9284
@evelynwilhelmson9284 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!Quite poignant, as most things in life.
@doctorwhoproductions834
@doctorwhoproductions834 4 жыл бұрын
Garbage Day why did you have to say that, i can’t watch this the same :(
@kornburg14
@kornburg14 4 жыл бұрын
Or died on the spanish flu
@paulmcdonough1093
@paulmcdonough1093 4 жыл бұрын
cholera not ww1
@Alminadora
@Alminadora 4 жыл бұрын
This is a cursed comment
@Michelo17
@Michelo17 14 жыл бұрын
This is incredible seeing this right after I saw Tim Burtons version. It's amazing how far technology has come and how great writing can be used again and again over a 100 years.
@mohammedjalloh7658
@mohammedjalloh7658 7 жыл бұрын
I don't get why people find looking at entertainment from the early 20th century creepy, besides that most of the actors are dead, but then so what? None can be alive forever. I quite enjoy most things from this era, to be honest, a lot of the entertainment was better than what we have now, but that's just my opinion, I don't know about you guys :P
@mohammedjalloh7658
@mohammedjalloh7658 7 жыл бұрын
DASHFIST Eh, I guess I must be really wierd then. Most people find this stuff creepy, but Some people don't. Kinda like how most people are terrified of spiders, and then some are like "awww their so cute! I want one as pet" and we all think they're crazy. Hmm?
@vidimur1977
@vidimur1977 7 жыл бұрын
If you don't like this film, don't see it, get out of here and don't write bad opinion. It's only your opinion and one bad opinion. In disgrace, many moron people like you exist.
@mohammedjalloh7658
@mohammedjalloh7658 7 жыл бұрын
Victor Murillo you realize I said that I *like* the movie right? Did you even read what I wrote?
@allessandmegchannel
@allessandmegchannel 7 жыл бұрын
Eisen Heinrich I find it creepy but I love creepy things
@mohammedjalloh7658
@mohammedjalloh7658 7 жыл бұрын
Murphy Star I don't usually like creepy things, but I suppose this must be the exception?
@paintboxpictures8735
@paintboxpictures8735 7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic how it animates precisely so many of the Tenniel illustrations! My granny did a production in the back yard in the 1890s and we have pictures of it - with people dressed as playing cards.
@wilderulz
@wilderulz 7 жыл бұрын
this was so interesting!! the way they made the effects happen!! I know that by todays movie standards they're pretty rudimentary, but just putting yourself in the place of someone watching it when it was new.... it must have been mindblowing!!! lol, and the kids as the card soldiers was just so freakin precious
@saigokun
@saigokun 10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this historic find.
@tyrssen1
@tyrssen1 9 жыл бұрын
This was amazingly good! And managed to put onto film many of the pen-and-ink drawings we all know. A rather good condensed version, for the 10 minutes they had!
@lizidavies278
@lizidavies278 10 жыл бұрын
I am only young but I love old films so much.
@alexjeffrey4093
@alexjeffrey4093 4 жыл бұрын
i love how DIY this film is, and the fact that the children at the end look as if they are having the time of their lives!!
@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 8 жыл бұрын
Book came out in 1864. This came out in 1903. That's 39 years. The Disney animated film came out in 1951. It's 2016 right now. That's 65 years. Think about that.
@Fireglo
@Fireglo 5 жыл бұрын
What's there to think about?
@cristianherrera1379
@cristianherrera1379 5 жыл бұрын
Please, leave drugs
@Chynen1c
@Chynen1c 4 жыл бұрын
It's 1865, NOT 1864.
@Chynen1c
@Chynen1c 4 жыл бұрын
If 1951 comes out and it's 2019, then That's 68 years since it came out.
@Chynen1c
@Chynen1c 4 жыл бұрын
Or check and search it on Google.
@johnellizz
@johnellizz 4 жыл бұрын
it's crazy that they were making KZbin vids back in 1903.
@mick62mick
@mick62mick 8 жыл бұрын
History is so fascinating! As is this film!
@grass-ix5ki
@grass-ix5ki 9 жыл бұрын
i find this kinder sad and upsetting all these people and animals are not alive now , but what a lovely movie
@dunzerkug
@dunzerkug 9 жыл бұрын
David Frigault The main characters would be in their late teens at least, this movie is 113 years old, they would be the oldest person alive if they were in this movie.
@dunzerkug
@dunzerkug 9 жыл бұрын
So there is a remote possibility but most likely not since the oldest person alive was born in 1898. Also, the cards aren't main characters, and your age estimation is a bit off, one of the cards would have been 10 at the time of the movie, so most likely 5 or 6 which would require they be as old or older than the handful of people known to be born before 1900.
@rodericksloan1255
@rodericksloan1255 9 жыл бұрын
Skyrim Victoria Nature off the beast skyrim we all end up in the boneyard you have a good day lass.
@garbageday587
@garbageday587 8 жыл бұрын
+Frith (Dunzerkug) The oldest person on earth was Jeanne Calmantt a french woman who was 123 yo at her death.
@DefenderOfChrist_
@DefenderOfChrist_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@garbageday587 122*
@bubbawaba98
@bubbawaba98 14 жыл бұрын
A true masterpiece. A precious gem of the silent film era! I love this! I wish I could watch the remaining 4 minutes that are lost... :( But at least 8 minutes survived. :)
@mijumaru97
@mijumaru97 10 жыл бұрын
I really don't know why, but watching footage of any kind from the early 1900's kind of creeps me out.
@nicarcadio12
@nicarcadio12 10 жыл бұрын
Lol same! Even musics lol
@Brenda-cg1px
@Brenda-cg1px 10 жыл бұрын
***** This film was made more than 100 years ago. I think it's pretty safe to assume that they're all dead :P
@weriakable
@weriakable 9 жыл бұрын
that fucking rabbit tho
@EyeLean5280
@EyeLean5280 9 жыл бұрын
Try remembering that everyone you see was a human being, like you, and doing the best that was possible, given the state of equipment at the time. Remember, you had ancestors alive at that time who might have seen the same film you are watching now.
@Adele5554
@Adele5554 9 жыл бұрын
EyeLean5280 probs not cause most people back then didnt have the privilege of watching tv or using any other electronics, it was EXPENSIVE like only the richest of rich had it.
@bigdave6390
@bigdave6390 4 ай бұрын
Great job in restoring this classic. It's important to see the evolution of cinema. The effects they used even then are epic. I like how at the end of the story they seem to say "Ok now everbody run at Alice! Alice run! And ACTION!"
@lindasolis7543
@lindasolis7543 3 жыл бұрын
118 yrs old. Thanks to the preservation of these films we could still watch
@JOXCY
@JOXCY 10 жыл бұрын
A strange thought that everyone in the film, or involved with it, are now dead. Forever preserved on-screen.
@trevl8955
@trevl8955 6 жыл бұрын
I love when people feel the need to state the obvious. Idiot!
@anselmguile6070
@anselmguile6070 6 жыл бұрын
JOXCY forever preserved? Lol no our sun will consume the earth eventually.
@davidcopson5800
@davidcopson5800 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I bet nobody else thought of that.
@britishfilminstitute
@britishfilminstitute 8 жыл бұрын
Explore more amazing archive content with our "Britain on Film" initiative: kzbin.info/aero/PLXvkgGofjDzgHRWM46yYHJbV5FNUlHiOW
@saskoilersfan
@saskoilersfan 8 жыл бұрын
+BFI THIS IS THE STORY LIFE MAGAZINE USED TO CREATE A ILLUSION WITH.... LEE OSWALD (HARVEY WHITE RABBIT). MARINA PRUSAKOVA (ALICE) JFK (KING OF HEARTS) . GEORGE demorinscild as (MAD HATTER)  HER APPOINTMENT TO KILL JFK.. . I SHOULD BE CREATING COVER UPS SINCE I CAN SOLVE THEM...
@Hi-lb8cq
@Hi-lb8cq 4 жыл бұрын
I love watching these old silent movies...something magical about it
@karonwalker4082
@karonwalker4082 4 жыл бұрын
This was such an incredible treat. It was without risk when made, but so very brilliant. I love to imagine when live filming these scenes, every detail & the actual colors. I appreciate every aspect & effort. Thanks for the restoration & sharing of this gem.
9 жыл бұрын
The music used : Erik SATIE "Jack in the box"
@PecanSandees23
@PecanSandees23 14 жыл бұрын
Wow. That this still exists is wonderful. I'm glad it was restored. So many wonderful silent films have been lost through the time.
@frasernicholson9555
@frasernicholson9555 4 ай бұрын
121 years old. Incredible
@Just_Another_Piece_Of_Toast
@Just_Another_Piece_Of_Toast 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad we still have the chance to see this kinda stuff, for all the old stick in the mud film buffs that turn their nose at digital media, just remember that it keeps these priceless films alive and watchable, which is alot more than what you generations did with them.
@muggedinmadrid
@muggedinmadrid 10 жыл бұрын
i prefer this to the star wars prequels. the dialogue in this is much better.
@karenstrong6734
@karenstrong6734 4 жыл бұрын
muggedinmadrid lol, this was way before Star Wars.
@georgekurioreilly4857
@georgekurioreilly4857 4 жыл бұрын
@@karenstrong6734 either you're joking, or you are a moron.
@e.b9970
@e.b9970 4 жыл бұрын
@@georgekurioreilly4857 I mean.... Her/His name is Karen.
@livclark8154
@livclark8154 4 жыл бұрын
*_EVEN FLEX TAPE CAN'T FIX THAT_*
@Amblin80s
@Amblin80s 4 жыл бұрын
wow how edgy
@PtahHasSpoken
@PtahHasSpoken 11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! And we have to remember that, at the time this was made, just the novelty of seeing pictures that moved was still fresh in the minds of the public, let alone the primitive, but at that time, innovative SFX. And the Cheshire Cat--even though he is without his characteristic smile, now likely qualifies this as being the oldest Cat Video posting on KZbin! ...maybe...
@Ghoulettejess
@Ghoulettejess Жыл бұрын
This is too well made for 1903 wow
@thefailingcomputer5510
@thefailingcomputer5510 10 жыл бұрын
It's 110 years old
@robbystafford8273
@robbystafford8273 4 жыл бұрын
not anymore
@darjagreynshpol6181
@darjagreynshpol6181 4 жыл бұрын
116
@marie_01s
@marie_01s 4 жыл бұрын
117
@luvzaida
@luvzaida 3 жыл бұрын
118
@dotheyfloat9961
@dotheyfloat9961 3 жыл бұрын
The time between then and now is about the same time between then and the signing of the declaration of independance.
@skatedancegirl1609
@skatedancegirl1609 10 жыл бұрын
A excellent rendition of this classic tale !
@thatgrrlca
@thatgrrlca 9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this available. I enjoyed watching it.
@justbilly.2000
@justbilly.2000 5 жыл бұрын
I really wish someone could re-restore this version frame by frame. It’s golden cinema history.
@TheBradfordrich
@TheBradfordrich 5 жыл бұрын
DELIGHTFUL! So imaginative. Thank you BFI National Archive for the restoration.
@Vellosia
@Vellosia 12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I didn't know some of the effects they used could be done back then!
@Annesglitter
@Annesglitter 4 жыл бұрын
My teacher showed us this! It’s so cool how old things can be retrieved like this!!
@Meowminx
@Meowminx 2 ай бұрын
Watching this for the first time, 121 years after it was first made 😱 thank you for restoring it 🙏
@PSILoveStorm
@PSILoveStorm 9 күн бұрын
The fact Alice's actress was 13-14 when she recorded this is amazing
@esperanzasabalza9262
@esperanzasabalza9262 10 жыл бұрын
Amazing!! Absolutely wonderful. It great how something this old has survived this long.
@lexi41269
@lexi41269 12 жыл бұрын
Alice in Wonderland is my absolute favorite children's story; I still read it to this day. I love this movie...
@haziqhakim5995
@haziqhakim5995 7 ай бұрын
I like how in this Verison Alice gets to the garden early
@hanzfranz7739
@hanzfranz7739 Ай бұрын
Alice pretending to see a cat in the bush and petting it is the same as actors nowadays interacting with greenscreens - we went full circle.
@hebneh
@hebneh 6 жыл бұрын
By far the most impressive part was the pack of cards running riot at the end, which is appropriate since this is the finale.This sequence also had minimal picture damage, which helped a great deal.
@davidcopson5800
@davidcopson5800 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder which joker thought of that?
@abelalfaro4115
@abelalfaro4115 10 жыл бұрын
Still better than twilight
@williampalkow5108
@williampalkow5108 6 жыл бұрын
Anything is better than Twilight.
@kenopsia7115
@kenopsia7115 6 жыл бұрын
True.
@areyousureyouenteredyourna85
@areyousureyouenteredyourna85 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but that's like being the fattest anorexic, or the world's most active three toed sloth, or the smartest person with extreme brain damage.
@davidcopson5800
@davidcopson5800 3 жыл бұрын
There weren't enough dusky maidens in Twilight.
@chirazalgeria3441
@chirazalgeria3441 3 жыл бұрын
This video is a tremendous treasure! It is 117 years old!
@OldMod67
@OldMod67 5 жыл бұрын
Watched this via my TV screen last night. What an amazing piece of film. I know nothing of the history behind it, but sure glad it's been preserved. Thank you.
@michaelgeorgiou5524
@michaelgeorgiou5524 4 жыл бұрын
Lewis Carroll had been dead for five years when this movie was made.
@kathinkafolland9334
@kathinkafolland9334 10 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful, I love it! But it's sad to know everyone in this video is dead now...
@seniesha8441
@seniesha8441 10 жыл бұрын
Maybe that baby's child or grand kid could be alive
@Vuruca1
@Vuruca1 10 жыл бұрын
I always think that when I watch old films, it hit me one day while watching the Wizard of Oz, all those people in the first film of its kind, all gone, the film lives on though which is good.
@MinecraftSkillz44
@MinecraftSkillz44 10 жыл бұрын
I know :( especially the little kids at the queens party :( R.I.P
@Sifossefoco
@Sifossefoco 9 жыл бұрын
" Le cinéma filme la mort au travail" Cinema films death at work- Jean Cocteau
@frenchieseverine4514
@frenchieseverine4514 8 жыл бұрын
They also are dead but they surely lived a good life and these kids were beautiful..May they rest in peace.That's life! Nobody can live forever.
@SpeegBJ
@SpeegBJ 11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much BFI archivists and film conservators. Mr. Carroll would love it!
@middlechild2022
@middlechild2022 Жыл бұрын
Kinda funny how we find these old videos a bit scary but to people of that time, it was completely normal
@bluzelovr
@bluzelovr 12 жыл бұрын
It is badly damaged unfortunately, but I appreciate your posting this, always been my favorite story and I enjoy seeing all the versions of it. My favorite is the one starring Charlotte Henry from 1931.
@irish66
@irish66 10 жыл бұрын
I found this to be delightful. Even though the effects were primitive. They still impressed me. It's amazing what simple trickery can do. Although perhaps it wasn't simple at the time. Who knows. My two negative points. (i) the actress was too old,and the flashing was a diastraction, but still bfi, thank you for this.
@AdeleCeleste
@AdeleCeleste 11 жыл бұрын
I enjoy silent films because they not only give you a glimpse into the evolution of film as an art and a medium, but you are also privileged to witness a piece of history. These films are just as valuable as any artifact in a museum! Thanks for sharing! :-)
@sarahsmask
@sarahsmask 11 жыл бұрын
Defiantly the best version I've ever seen. For 1903 the graphics are excellent
@liamcorley5170
@liamcorley5170 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if people could live forever. Thay would be telling us at the age of 140. What it was like growing up round about that time ago.
@zeitok8
@zeitok8 10 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful, nice work!
@Gabriel-ig2ve
@Gabriel-ig2ve 4 жыл бұрын
Sadly the people showed in the main video are now dead
@ManueldeZavala
@ManueldeZavala 11 жыл бұрын
This is a gold mine in cinema history. Thank you for the awesome upload.
@renamassey8506
@renamassey8506 3 жыл бұрын
This picture was remarkably well made and sophisticated for it's time. The special effects were actually quite good. And what is remarkable is that all of those actors except the baby were born in the 19th century!
@EffyTheElf
@EffyTheElf 10 жыл бұрын
This is just remarkable, and beautiful, and amazing, and wonderful, and all those words that mean similar! just,... wow, lovely
@liamhuset8187
@liamhuset8187 10 жыл бұрын
thats really slow
@EffyTheElf
@EffyTheElf 10 жыл бұрын
your point is?
@liamhuset8187
@liamhuset8187 10 жыл бұрын
its slow... that's my point
@EffyTheElf
@EffyTheElf 10 жыл бұрын
Uhuh.
@liamhuset8187
@liamhuset8187 10 жыл бұрын
:D only me :D and a lot of other people
@lisakay1004
@lisakay1004 8 жыл бұрын
That's one huge kitty 😃
@alexandrecollaresbaiocchi5992
@alexandrecollaresbaiocchi5992 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It's a jewel!
@AshleyWincer
@AshleyWincer 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this rare film..
@questionblock8949
@questionblock8949 6 жыл бұрын
Wow that is really amazing! Im glad a friend told me about this. Such a shame the original is so damaged/lost but atleast we have this :)
@phatghostisme
@phatghostisme 9 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful.
@darciproducer-manager7079
@darciproducer-manager7079 5 жыл бұрын
WOW Love this! Great job. Thank you!
@misscrabtree123
@misscrabtree123 11 жыл бұрын
Love this thanks for posting
@barrystrickland174
@barrystrickland174 8 жыл бұрын
This is awesome.
@BluePrincessSparkle
@BluePrincessSparkle 10 жыл бұрын
that old slient movie with riping black dots and soo big creeps me out but but that slient movie is not too creepy but the ripping dots thingys are big is soo creepy abit I think
@untipomuygenialtestahablan8790
@untipomuygenialtestahablan8790 8 жыл бұрын
I founded fun....
@teacupalice
@teacupalice 4 жыл бұрын
It’s just where the film has degraded over the years
@marie_01s
@marie_01s 4 жыл бұрын
The hole film is creepy
@sharklady76
@sharklady76 11 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you for posting this!
@ap42869
@ap42869 8 жыл бұрын
amazing. thank you very much for upload. ...sheer magic.
@bonniefarrell_02
@bonniefarrell_02 8 жыл бұрын
Oh my God this is so old! 0____0 99 years later I was born...
@muhammadfathinaufalziqri5958
@muhammadfathinaufalziqri5958 8 жыл бұрын
Lol kid... You shouldn't be on KZbin then. Go back to your mother...
@CorporalPig22
@CorporalPig22 6 жыл бұрын
Me? I was born 100 years after this
@limechecksout
@limechecksout 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@tsle805
@tsle805 6 жыл бұрын
I was born 104 years after this
@boy-re8ii
@boy-re8ii 5 жыл бұрын
I was born 97 years later
@andrewlankford9634
@andrewlankford9634 4 жыл бұрын
That rabbit makes me think of Donnie Darko
@MerleBardenoir
@MerleBardenoir 7 жыл бұрын
You gave me the desire and the opportunity to compose a new soundtrack for this film, thank you !
@alyssajones4368
@alyssajones4368 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely incredible, that this is the film debut of Alice in Wonderland. I'm also watching the 1915 version as well.
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