Most Viewed Year 1906 - 8

In a Japanese garden, gather maidens with nets to catch butterflies, all in the joy of life and budding maidenhood; fresh Irish sweetness of blithe...

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited India from November 1905 to March 19, 1906.

A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's return from his voyage to La Abufera (Valencia).

Early Biograph short on the results of marrying for financial gain.

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

A young man is sent away to law school in Paris. He enjoys himself until his parents come to visit and end his fun.

One of the first Russian animated films, created by choreographer Alexander Shiryaev in the second half of the 1900s.

A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to...

A child and her nurse are out walking. A band of desperate men and women knock the nurse down and abduct the child. Soon a ransom note is sent to the...

In 1906, the Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Bludenz, is the only east-west mountain railway in Austria. This...

"Alice Guy-Blaché liked Feuillade's scripts, and one of them, Le coup de vent, was filmed by Etienne Armaud in 1905. Two years later, Alice...

Empress Dowager Dagmar's arrival in Copenhagen with several members of the Danish royal family present. Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar) maintained a close...

Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of...

A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.

A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.

A beautiful young girl spontaneously grows flowers outside her window, with the help of a magic watering can.