Movies 1903 Page 11

Silent film.

In September 1903 the ferry line between Gedser in Denmark and Warnemünde in Germany was opened. The images are from the opening of the route which...

Panoramic view of the coal docks with a ship in the background. Shows tourists throwing money on the dock, and a large crowd of men and women...

First part in Napoleon's short film life adaptation, followed by L'Empire (grandeur et décadence). The scenes are: At school in Brienne. On the...

Shows a young black boy and a white boy in a lively set-to. They finally collapse in the centre of the ring after they have fought themselves to a...

This is in every respect a stunning picture, though somewhat bohemian in subject. It depicts in six scenes, six lively hours at New York City's...

Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in...

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

We have just received from our operators accompanying President Roosevelt on his great tour of the Pacific Coast, a splendid series of films covering...

Jesus appears, the doctors and sages who were engaged in a discussion listen to him amazed by his words of wisdom.

The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: The camera was positioned on the southeast corner of O'Farrell Street and Van Ness Avenue,...

Five St. Thomas belles dancing their native dance the "She-She," in a beautiful garden full of tropical plants. Very interesting. (Taken on the...

In this short film, a white piece of wall bisects the screen; There are two different rooms on either side of the dividing line, but one hilarious...

The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.

America's Cup Races.

A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.

First film in the series, showing a pretty girl exercising with chest weights.

It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

A negro woman is washing her three-year-old baby in a tub of water. The child seems to enjoy it until he gets some soapsuds in his eyes, when he...

Merrymakers at Luna Park, Coney Island enjoying a ride on the famous camel, "Holy Moses."

A group of carriers leaving a building.

Photographed from a one-camera position, as if in the audience, there are four tumblers performing for a crowd of customers in the midway of an...

A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden.

A group of policemen marching up and down in front of a static camera for a couple of minutes.

This film, one in a seemingly endless series of films made by American Mutoscope & Biograph for the United States Post Office, stands out by virtue...

A static shot of a river disguised as a very big puddle. The film is about a minute long, and for probably fifty seconds of that one minute we gaze...

Photographed from a single camera position above the heads of the crowds watching a parade, the film shows several different chapters of the...

Siegmund Lubin's 1903 film survives and is the only vestige of Lubin's myriad attempts at coordinating sound and film extant today. With words by...

Firefighter exercises.

The USS Indiana stages a rescue operation of a crewman that's fallen overboard.

Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the...

Steam and sail drifters entering the harbour. The first shot on the Quay shows ranks of drifters, with fisher girls walking arm-in-arm. There are...

The film begins across the street from some young boys who are lined up against a curbing eating spaghetti or macaroni. The only other action occurs...

Inside of a post office.