1908 Movies

A cine-camera placed on the front side of a tram films the left bank communication under Letná. The tram passes by a cable way station to Letná. Is cr...

Actuality of Crown Princess Margareta’s 2 June 1908 visit to Lund: arrival at the station, carriage procession along Klostergatan past the Grand, scen...

Based on the play by A.V. Sukhovo-Kobylin.

After a fight in the forest against customs officers, one of the smugglers is denied of his share of the profits and thrown away. Making his way into...

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost

Short reportage

Early Balkan footage.

Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.

When his wife dies, knight Svend Dyring gets married to noble Mrs. Guldborg. Little does the good knight know that Mrs. Guldborg is in fact pure evil,...

In one of his dreams, Don Quixote is fighting monsters. Having vanquished them, he goes to put on his armor, only to be met with a succession of stran...

In this simple melodrama, a boy loses his beloved girl, hence dying of a broken heart. The film presents advanced techniques in several fields.

This is a frustrating watch as there looks to be some great filmmaking there, but a number of scenes (including the beginning and end) are missing, th...

A boy takes pictures of everything, including some embarrassing situations. When he projects the pictures on a wall for everyone to see, his father sp...

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

1908 French short silent Christmas film by Georges Méliès, which is now presumed lost. The film, combining American ideas about Santa Claus with Méliè...