Nagledanije Godina 1905

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

A short film from Slovenia made by Karol Grossmann.

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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...

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Although she is filmed in a long shot,...

The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.

A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with...

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

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...

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially...

A magician shows tricks with money.

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

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.

On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.