A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.

The manufacture of a new weapon in the pre-WWI naval arms race.

Fairground boxing booth where visitors try to knock out the champion and win five pounds, the first contestants is knocked out but the very eager (and possibly drunk) third man knocks out the champion and overcome with "boxing fever" rushes out punching at everybody and everything he meets. (britishpathe.com)

Dog must rescue girl.

A girl weds a sweep and discovers he is a Negro.

Victor Drew is a British private investigator who must solve the mystery of who is killing off members of the Ravenscroft clan.

Victor Drew is a British private investigator who must solve the mystery of who is killing off members of the Ravenscroft clan.

A Cockney fishmonger's daughter weds a bart who loses his all on a trotting race.

A Cockney fishmonger's daughter weds a bart who loses his all on a trotting race.

When his owner is kidnapped by gypsies, a Bulldog leads the police to the culprits in this 1910 short film.