1909 Movies

The first-released film to capture the ghostly legend of Sakura Sôgotô, the subject of numerous gruesome kabuki plays of spectral horror. Sôgorô (also...

Short documentary

Life and trade at the Cattle Market on May 5, 1909, in Trier.

A travel documentary on Italy

A true story of ante-Rebellion days.

Jenny's father, a crank and a spiritualist, wishing to obtain a medium to aid him in his researches, inserts an advertisement in the paper to the effe...

On 6 July the victory over the Schleswig-Holstein troupes during the 'Three Year War' (1848-1851) is celebrated in Fredericia.

A trip through the Pyrenees in the neighborhood of Bagneres de Luchon.

An early Miyamoto Musashi silent short film

A document of the First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia

A man sneaks away from his wife to see a gypsy. The woman and gypsy duel to the death.

Early japanese horror film from 1909. From the 1759 kabuki play, in which Kiyo-hime transforms into a giant serpent.

A man reads the story of William Tell and sets out to emulate his feats.

The Gauls are gathered around the betrothal table. The chieftain's daughter enters and presents the cup to Vercingetorix, whom she has chosen as her h...

A poor, destitute widow sends her two young children across the French border to earn a living by themselves. Along the way, they meet a priest who bl...

The first film about Ljubljana, with parades, perfomances of choral societies, a public festival, and a panoramic view.

Song from Operetta "Die Fledermaus"

Using their Edison camera, the Corricks filmed Sports at Sea during their return trip to Australia on the White Star Line’s S.S. Runic following their...