@khemmis release their self-titled album on 12th June 2026. Listen to new single 'Beneath The Scythe' now: https://khemmis.bfan.link/beneath-the-scythe.yde | Pre-order the album here: https://khemmis.bfan.link/khemmis-album.yde

Music and Lyrics by Khemmis
Footage curated and edited by Dave Small
Title cards, hand lettering and animation by Phil Pendergast, based on fonts created by Daniel Hermosilla (Nox Fragor Artworks)

Public domain footage obtained via the Library of Congress website from the following films:
Hadj Cheriff (Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894)
Imperial Japanese Dance (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1894)
Luis Martinetti (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1894)
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Edison Manufacturing Co., 1895)
Amy Muller (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1896)
May Irwin Kiss (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1896)
The Burning Stable (Edison Manufacturing Co., 1896)
Crissie Sheridan (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1897)
Cupid and Psyche (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1897)
Lourdes, Procession III - Lumière no. 645 (La Société Lumière, 1897)
Seminary Girls (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1897)
An Artist’s Dream (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1900)
A dull razor (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Feb 20, 1900)
A Nymph of the Waves (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1900)
Faust and Marguerite (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1900)
The Mystic Swing (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1900)
Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1900)
Church at Canton, Ohio (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1901)
The artist’s dilemma (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1901)
Karina (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1902)
A Frontier Flirtation (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1903)
Dance, Franchonetti Sisters (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1903)
Living Pictures (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1903)
Garden (Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1904)
La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or (Pathé Frérès, 1905)
Latina, Contortionist (American Mutoscope & Biography, 1905)
Latina, Dislocation Act (American Mutoscope & Biography, 1905)
Danses Lilliputiennes (Liliputian Dance) (Pathé Frères, 1906)
Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square
Funeral Leaving the President’s House and San Francisco Disaster (American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1906)
A Little 'Jules Verne' (Pathé Frères, 1907)
Chrysanthemums (Pathé Frères, 1907)
The Clock-Maker’s Secret (Pathé Frères, 1907)
The Enchanted Glasses (Pathé Frères, 1907)
The Golden Beetle (Le scarabée d’or) (Pathé Frères, 1907)
The Wizard’s Apprentice (Feature Productions, Inc. 1930)

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