Most Viewed Year 1905 - 3

A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.

Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.

Alice Guy experiment with visuals and sound by Félix Mayol.

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate...

Short film by Pathé frères released in 1905

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...

A man wins a girl by pretending to take poison.

Martyrs of the Inquisition

Based on a scene from Shakespeare's play: Macbeth, king of Scotland, is being challenged by forces led by Macduff. Young Siward comes to confront the...

Based loosely on the once-popular nursery rhyme. A fair is in progress, with refreshments, entertainment, and other activities. As the rest of the...

Boss insists on pawing secretary. She teaches him a lesson.

Polin performs a song.

Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to...

Early Balkan footage.

A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer...

This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes. The subject is a...

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

A woman performs the tango.

A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.

An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his...