1900 – 1919

This is a list of film titles that were released between 1900 – 1919 and produced in Singapore, or featured places and spaces in Singapore.

* denotes a title that is in the video collection of the Singapore Film Locations Archive
# denotes a title with film location review (click the link to read review)
[s] denotes a short film
[f] denotes a feature film

Year of Release / Original Title / English Title / Director / Production Co.

1900 / Coolie Boys Diving For Coins / – / Joseph Rosenthal / Warwick Trading Co. #[s]
1900 / Circular Panorama of Singapore and Landing Stage / – / Joseph Rosenthal / Warwick Trading Co. #[s]
1900 / Panorama of Singapore Sea Front / – / Joseph Rosenthal / Warwick Trading Co. #[s]

1904 / Ceylon Series: Arrival at Singapore / – / – / Charles Urban Trading Co. #[s]
1904 / The Cingalee: Singapore and Colombo / – / Harold Mease Lomas / Charles Urban Trading Co. #[s]

1910 / Coco-nut Plantation in Singapore / – / – / Pathé Frères [s]
1910 / A travers une plantation de cocotiers à Singapour / Coconut Plantation / – / Pathé Frères [s]
1910 / Récolte et préparation des ananas / Pineapple Industry / – / Pathé Frères [s]
1910 / Singapore / The City of Singapore / – / Pathé Frères [s]

1911 / Jeux comiques à Singapore à l’occasion du jour de l’an / Comic Games in Singapore (a.k.a. Amusements in Singapore on New Year’s Day) / – / Pathé Frères [s]

1913 / His Chinese Friend / – / Gaston Méliès (with Edmund Mitchell) / G. Melies [s]
1913 / The Poisoned Darts / – / Gaston Méliès (with Edmund Mitchell) / G. Melies [s]
1913 / A Chinese Funeral / – / Gaston Méliès (with Edmund Mitchell) / G. Melies [s]
1913 / A Day At Singapore / – / Gaston Méliès & Edmund Mitchell / G. Melies [s]
1913 / Regatta Day at Singapore / – / – / Pathé Frères [s]
1913 / Sights in Singapore / – / James Young / Vitagraph [s]
1913 / Scenes in Singapore / – / James Young / Vitagraph [s]
1913 / In the Malay Islands / – / – / Éclair [s]

1915 / Singapour, le plus grand port de l’Indochine anglaise / Singapore, the largest port in British Indochina / – / Oriental Films [s]
1915 / A travers l’archipel malais / Through the Malay Archipelago / – / Oriental Films [s]

1916 / Some Views of Singapore / – / – / Pathé [s]

1917 / China at Work and at Play / – / George A. Dorsey / Universal (Powers) [s]
1917 / China’s Wonderland / – / George A. Dorsey / Universal (Powers) [s]

1918 / Post Travel Series No. 24: Singapore / – / Clyde Elliott / Post Film Company, Pathé [s]

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