Most Viewed Year 1905 - 5

A fire on a boat requieres the assistance of some sailors

A gentleman of France

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

A man wins a girl by pretending to take poison.

In Yunnan, at the end of the Qing dynasty, Auguste François, consul, photographer and amateur ethnographer documents, thanks to a camera...

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

This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films....

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

While the old gentleman is dying his mustache and eyebrows, putting in his monocle, and donning his toupee, the little brat fits a two-gallon jar of...

Early Balkan footage.

'From Siberia to Moscow' (1876) was August Bournonville’s last long ballet. It was inspired by an 1874 trip to Russia, where Bournonville met...

A couple of women are washing outside.

Lost trick film from Georges Méliès.

A short early sound film of soldiers following the orders of their commander.

A tramp who unwittingly starts a fire is chased by a mob of peasants.

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...

The Spring Fairy gives a beautiful gift to a welcoming couple.

An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.

The formal name of the peep show machine was the Mutoscope -- at least when it was manufactured by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, which...

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a...