Most Viewed Year 1905 - 12

A ballerina dreams of dancing under the sea.

Man robbed of spectacles mistakes tramp for girl, etc.

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain.

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain. Cf. Woman with...

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain.

Four on-screen spectators serve as the viewer’s proxy at a running of the annual French championship steeplechase held at Paris’s Auteuil...

Shot in Yunnan, China, simply shows 2 men smoking.

“The tri-car has reached such a very high state of reliability and all-round efficiency that to the man of limited means who cannot afford a...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various...

In order to photograph this film, the cameraman placed his equipment on a broad sidewalk in the business district of a large city, probably New York....

Short documentary about this Valencian tradition directed by Ángel García Cardona.

A barber cuts heads off Negro and white customers, who then dismember him.

It's Christmas time, so it's obligatory to give a gift to everyone, even the guy who's paid to do a job, and often paid very well. It's a yearly...

A gentleman returns to his home office to find that the porter is smoking his cigars and has the housemaid on his knee.

Backward facing camera stunt story of a man coming out of the water.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

A woman confessing her sins to a priest who gets more and more excited.

Part of the series "Excursion en Italie" by Camille Legrand.

Series of 14 chronophotographic short films held by the Cinémathèque française. Includes vol de la grosse mouche bleue (flight...

A man on his way to visit his lady love trips an old man by accident. He makes no apologies and rushes on his way. Little does he know that the old...