1905 Movies

Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.

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 mercantil...

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch of...

Documentary images from a market in Falkenberg.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

An early example of hand-colored sparkling light displays, by a filmmaker whose name has been lost to time.

Early Balkan footage.

A mischievous errand boy, sent out on a delivery, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he arrives back at the shop, he finds all his furious vict...

A framed bank clerk breaks jail and is sheltered by a vicar until the culprit is caught in Soho.

Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this depicts...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in the end he's caught by the family dog.

Lost trick film from Georges Méliès.

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

The apprentice at a pastry shop is more interested in playing tricks on people than sweeping the pavement in front of the shop; more interested in eat...

A full-length view, photographed from the audience, of a woman dressed in tights doing calisthenics. She demonstrates arm and waist movements.

Early Balkan footage.

Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.

Early Balkan footage.