Most Viewed Year 1904 - 5

A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces

Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904. Audiences of the day would have been...

Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...

A small stage has a backdrop of a city street, sidewalks, a park, and buildings. From stage right, a boy leads a blind man onto the stage, helps him...

A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric &...

An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.

A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

1904 journalistic actuality.

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.

In the interior of a small Russian cottage dwells a peasant with the reputation of being able to foretell future events. Alternatively, a Japanese...

A comedy of faux Frenchmen who engage in a duel over some slight disagreement and who manage to shoot everyone but each other. Filmed by James...

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual...

Alice Guy film.

A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.

This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being...

A gang of criminals plans and executes the robbery of a bank in Philadelphia. However, the police are alerted and a chase through the city's streets...

The film depicts the assassination of the Russian minister in charge of the secret police. The bombing assault against the Chief of Police, Von...