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How to Stop a Motor Car

1902 film by Percy Stow
Movie short_film Q15866137
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How to Stop a Motor Car

Summary

How to Stop a Motor Car is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How to Stop a Motor Car's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car was directed by Percy Stow[4].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's genre is silent film[5].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's genre is comedy film[6].
  • A cast member of How to Stop a Motor Car was Cecil Hepworth[7].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's production company is recorded as Walton Studios[8].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's color is recorded as black-and-white[9].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car was published on January 1, 1902[11].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How to Stop a Motor Car'}[12].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+2'}[13].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[14].
  • How to Stop a Motor Car's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].

Body

Authorship and Creation

How to Stop a Motor Car was directed by Percy Stow[4]. A cast member of it was Cecil Hepworth[7].

Publication

How to Stop a Motor Car was published on January 1, 1902[11]. Genres include silent film[5] and comedy film[6].

Why It Matters

How to Stop a Motor Car ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

public domain United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → how-to-stop-a-motor-car
    Production company → —
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+2'}
    Publication date → +1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14551]]: how-to-stop-a-motor-car, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295961315|How to Stop a Motor Car (#295961315)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
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