Hepworth Manufacturing - How It Feels To Be Run Over (1900)

[smeraldin90]

wow,this is so cool...it was filmed 110 years ago!

[gscottrobinson]

There were films that used "titles" before - but this still appears to be the one of the first.

For some reason, the word "mother" got eliminated from this clip.

[gscottrobinson]

There were "titles" used earlier, but I'd say this still qualifies as one of the first.

Somehow, the word "Mother" got cut out. The text should read: "Oh! Mother Will Be Pleased"

[galinas1]

This film seems to contain the first intertitles ever used in cinema. Please correct me if you know of an earlier film.

[hotlinkcinema]

@galinas1 I don't want to be picky or anything - but though this might be the first instance of a title being used in the narrative of the film, it is not an "intertitle" because it does not come between two shots (which is what the "inter" part of "intertitle" means, as far as I know). All the best!

[galinas1]

@hotlinkcinema In my terminology, it's a "concluding intertitle" :) Terminology aside, what I am still trying to figure out is whether the 1900 "How It Feels to Be Run Over" features the first instance of a verbal text scratched onto film or inserted before/ in between/ after visual shots... I am not talking about photographed signs etc that are part of the visual image.