The Conquest of the Pole

This is the 5 DVD boxset that contains 173 rare and original films made by Georges Méliès thought to have been lost.

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

A man performs tricks with an aquarium and a mermaid

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

A section of the port Haliquen (Quiberon) Bretagne, at night where Dreyfus was landed by French marines, and officers after his transport from Devil's Island. He is received by the French authorities, officers, and gendarmes, and conducted to the station for his departure to Rennes. This little scene was enacted on a dark rainy night, which is clearly shown in the film. The effects are further heightened by vivid flashes of lightning which are certainly new in cinematography.

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and clay head on the statue, thus completing it. He places a large brick on top of the head to make it stick. When he turns his back the statue turns into a living representation of William Tell. (Edison Catalog)

A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.