Arthur Melbourne-Cooper was one of the great unsung pioneers of the early film industry. To do stop-go animation within a dozen years of the invention of moving pictures is nothing short of amazing.
Okay I'm now going to have nightmares about toys committing random acts of violence against each other. This is like toy story but where all the toys are deranged!
Oh how wonderful. Were so fortunante that we can take a peek back into history. This was lovely. A mother taking her boy to pic out his own toy from the toymaker. And how the clerk/tomaker tested eat toy out for the two of them. What novel idea.. Toymaking was a real art..then. Not mass produced like today. This was special to watch.
i love old fashion stuff, but this was kinda weird for kids, the animals are all fighting and then got ran over! it looked like they died! i loved the bear and monkey!
This needs to be on one of those wonderful BFI box sets; maybe one about the birth of cinema.
The animation is amazingly detailed and complex in contrast with the very basic and theatrical live action material with its incredibly long takes. I guess editing was still in its infancy.
Yikes, a fine piece of early film and extensive animation to be sure. Too bad all those toys, which do some strange things to each other at times, befell such an unfortunate fate.
Anyone one of those toys is work a small fortune now a days!
That was some impressive early stop animation. Everything about it was a great look at our past, from production values, the child's costume and the sets.
totally mad and wonderful ! and the animals rule which is an extra bonus :D
ghostnr9 1 month ago
Much more entertaining than Christmas of today, very enjoyable.
HargroveFilms1 3 months ago
imagine what the kid would feel if he knew 100 years after, there would something be called Xbox and PS3
TweFoji 3 months ago
Haha, it's like an early Toy Story!
darkstarenegade 4 months ago
WOW! I'm Speechless.....
kingofvintage 5 months ago in playlist More videos from BFIfilms
i loved the tough-guy bear.
grofys 11 months ago
wow, some pretty wild action there. i love the tough guy bear.
grofys 1 year ago
This is absolutely hilarious and surreal. I love how the toy animals keep accosting the cops. hehehe. What a priceless clip. Thanks for sharing this.
3investigators 1 year ago
Arthur Melbourne-Cooper was one of the great unsung pioneers of the early film industry. To do stop-go animation within a dozen years of the invention of moving pictures is nothing short of amazing.
derekroft 1 year ago
simply wonderful
woofer32 1 year ago
4:20
Belligerent23 1 year ago
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abba54 1 year ago
Okay I'm now going to have nightmares about toys committing random acts of violence against each other. This is like toy story but where all the toys are deranged!
vielsu 1 year ago
The kid must have watched Toy Story too many times!
WispierTetrahedrons 1 year ago
Oh how wonderful. Were so fortunante that we can take a peek back into history. This was lovely. A mother taking her boy to pic out his own toy from the toymaker. And how the clerk/tomaker tested eat toy out for the two of them. What novel idea.. Toymaking was a real art..then. Not mass produced like today. This was special to watch.
funfabmegan 1 year ago
the poor kid must have eaten shrooms
Botany101 1 year ago
no, it's called dreaming.
spaceshiptravelfar 1 year ago
God its great looking back at time before i was even thought of. 78 years form 1908 i be born. @_@
SaberTanker22 2 years ago
This is the best stop-motion animation I've seen.
It's so complex and it obviosly requires plenty of skill and synchronization.
I'd never seen one in which so much was going on at the same time. Brilliant.
It's funny and pretty violent at the same time, I must say!
itislulunobody 2 years ago 3
4:25 the bear did a suplex to that figurine lol This is like watching Robot Chicken 100 years ago
GamingPalooza 2 years ago
What is the horse doing to the man at 4:15-4:22? Is this a free range mental facility for deranged toys?
constantfloater 2 years ago
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constantfloater 2 years ago
This is creepier than Sonic X.
SourApplez1211 2 years ago
@SourApplez1211 I don't like Sonic X.
SourApplez1211 2 years ago
is it weird that this scares the living shit out of me?
wingy200 2 years ago
why was it creepy? what is wrong with americans :-s
Shanniquitie 2 years ago
That dream sequence was creepy as hell.
dblk 2 years ago
i love old fashion stuff, but this was kinda weird for kids, the animals are all fighting and then got ran over! it looked like they died! i loved the bear and monkey!
stollensecret 2 years ago
They died at the end and the boy woke up crying :-(
feckingbillgates 2 years ago 2
Poor old teddy and Golly. Couldn't happen today though.....you can't burn G...
voxhumanapipe 2 years ago
O.k. dry cleaning was invented in1825. (Thought it was a modern process). Live and learn.
varflane 2 years ago
Sorry, clicked on thumb down instead of thumb up!
voxhumanapipe 2 years ago
The shop next door had 'dry cleaners' on the glass !
varflane 2 years ago
Pretty advanced for 1908, must be an early Pixar version of " Toy Story"
wildenfree 2 years ago
Blimey, the sorry end of Golly and Teddy caught me completely by surprise there. I'm not surprised the little lad was upset - so was I!
Jasper871962 2 years ago 3
This needs to be on one of those wonderful BFI box sets; maybe one about the birth of cinema.
The animation is amazingly detailed and complex in contrast with the very basic and theatrical live action material with its incredibly long takes. I guess editing was still in its infancy.
Amazing to look back over 100 years.
RebelVoDKa 2 years ago 7
so glad i subscribe to this channel
keep digging these gems out plz
mikkifly 2 years ago 12
Yikes, a fine piece of early film and extensive animation to be sure. Too bad all those toys, which do some strange things to each other at times, befell such an unfortunate fate.
kludd28 2 years ago
Anyone one of those toys is work a small fortune now a days!
That was some impressive early stop animation. Everything about it was a great look at our past, from production values, the child's costume and the sets.
Thanks for posting this rare gem.
WelshWebb 2 years ago 2
That's Paul Whitehouse's granddad!
DADRENO 2 years ago
The shop keeper is the bloke from The Fast Show! Amazing 101 years old piece of film.
DADRENO 2 years ago