1904 Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

To film this event, the camera was placed inside the rail, on the track surface itself. As the film begins, in the foreground a gate opens and a horse...

Several young women stand on a pedestal and remove one garment at a time until there is a large pile of clothing beside them.

Taken in front of the reviewing stand at Madison Square, New York city. Shows the arrival of Mayor McClellan, and other New York officials. The parade...

The wedding of Armand De Guiche and Élaine Greffulhe.

This dynamic actuality film documents the hunting of a boar from the first bugle call to the distribution of the spoils.

A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow...

A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual...

Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass.

Filmed in south London, this slight comedy stars director Alf Collins as an exhausted father who bungles putting up a swing for his two small daughter...

As the title implies, the film shows women delegates parading at the st. Louis World's Fair in 1904. They are employees of the national cash register...

The camera was situated on an ocean beach. The only action visible is a large number of children bathing in the surf. For the full extent of the film,...

A sailor and a policeman get into a comedic encounter involving a carpet. This short film (believed to be from 1904) is part of the Corrick Collection...

Another example of early filmmakers capturing on film anything that happened to be moving in America in 1904.

Mr. Peter Jones has vowed to get married. In his efforts to secure a desirable wife he has inserted some advertisements in the newspapers. So we find...

This film appears to have been taken in a fairgrounds or a similar cleared area. A woman mounted on her horse is seen guiding it through a number of d...

A large bucket is lowered into a pit by male workers using machinery. Molten material from a furnace is poured into the bucket using a slide. The buck...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A newspaper brought to life.