Most Viewed Year 1905

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.

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

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

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

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 happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is...

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

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...

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

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

A portrait of the Dam family.

A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.

Directed by Ren Jingfeng.

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by...

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...

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

A trick film using the reverse effect.

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...

In this remake of Ferdinand Zecca's "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901), Segundo de Chomón shows a diver with reverse motion...

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...