1906 Movies

TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, there are vi...

Lost short film

A gentleman visits a hair consultant for his baldness problems. The latter recommends a new lotion. The gentleman lets himself be convinced and a bell...

17th of May celebrations in Norway.

An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...

The proclamation was performed on 30 January 1906 by Prime Minister Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930). At age 63, Frederik finally became king. H...

It was traditional for picture house screenings to begin with a short welcoming sketch, this one featured Lydia De Robertis writing Good Evening on a...

Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787),choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbran...

A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

The shift of the crown was paralleled by a new epoch of cinema in Denmark. Peter Elfelt had been the dominant figure in early Danish film. After some...

Dance from the Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Choreography by August Bournonville, 1865. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius...

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)

Newsreel covering the visit of Sweden’s King Oscar II in the city of Kristianstad in September 1906.

Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.

A short documentary based on Wilhelm Voigt.

Lost short film

Adventures of a peasant who comes to town wearing a magnificent top hat, which an unfortunate gust of wind throws onto the riverbank, into a crane, am...