Movies 1903 Page 12

On April 30, 1903, one hundred years to the day after the signing in Paris of the Louisiana Purchase agreement, President Theodore Roosevelt is in St...

It shows a postman ascending a flight of half-dozen stairs to the front door of a house and ringing its bell then delivering mail to the person who...

Silent film.

A small boy is smoking his first cigarette in the door-yard of a cottage. Fearing detection, he jumps into a barrel. His parents see the smoke rising...

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...

This film shows a mechanical ride in an amusement park, designed to allow customers to ride down an undulating incline astride wooden horses. Several...

1903 Indian short

"An animated game of craps is proceeding on the levee, a crowd of young darkies [sic] being engaged in the engrossing pursuit of '7 come 11.'...

In this picture a fine idea of the jockeying and start is given, showing Shamrock III. very close, the sailors running back and forth as she passes...

The Fate of the Artist's Model (1903) shows a young woman and her baby who are abandoned by her artist lover.

Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the...

A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea...

A man of huge proportions is seated in a high-back armchair and is turning over in his mind what he will do to amuse himself. Rising and placing...

Single shot panning across a landscape. Edison films, 1903.

Two opium smokers in a bunk bed yank on each other's queues until the bunk crashes, sending them rolling about on the floor.

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...

A few guys sorting packages.

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

The ride known as Shoot the Chutes was first introduced in 1895 by inventor Captain Paul Boyton at Sea Lion Park, the first enclosed outdoor...

At the end of each season, at popular Atlantic City, New Jersey, a floral parade takes place, composed wholly of children. Thousands of tots are seen...

Firefighter exercises.

A horse parade.

Bradford City's first ever home league game after switching from rugby league football to association football in 1903.

Film of a royal visit to Ireland, by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion"

A Postman Picking up Mail

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...

Shows a pilot climbing over the rail and down a rope ladder. A rowboat, pulled by two men, comes alongside. The pilot jumps in and they pull away....