Movies 1903 Page 4

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

A hunting party with King Oscar II of Sweden and Princes Kristian and Karl of Denmark.

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not...

Staging of a song by Miguel F. López.

1. Lake steamer leaving Lucerne. 2. Panorama of Lucerne Lake front. 3. The picturesque Village Weggis. 4. The oldest Chalet at Trieb. 5. Brunnen -...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Grimsel was the scene of the Austrian-French conflict of 1799. It is now one of the most popular passes in the Alps.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Alphonse and Gaston are in a Western saloon and are forced to dance by a cowboy, who urges them on by shooting at their feet.

The capital of Switzerland is an interesting town, and the national life is perhaps best seen in its streets.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Footage of the 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, showing uniformed players in action along with...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger...

A nude couple pose in an art studio on a square rug, while the camera does a circular traveling around them; the woman has her right knee on the...

A group of Jewish men in Ottoman Jerusalem perform a dance.

In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...

A filmed record of a fan dancer performing a dance using two white sheets suspended from poles which she frantically twirls around herself to create...

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk...

An engaged couple, dressed in white, meet each other at a train station. When the train arrives, they board, and later they enjoy the sights from...

A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...

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...

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they...

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.

The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are...

Tourists leaving the Bear Hotel, Kandersteg, to cross the Gemmi. Many ladies of the party are seen mounting the hardy ponies at the hotel front, and,...

The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The...

A beautiful panoramic view of lower New York from Barclay Street to Battery Park, showing a beautiful stereoscopic effect of the sky-scrapers in the...

Interlaken, as its name implies, is dependent to a large extent on the two beautiful lakes for much of its popularity. An interesting short panorama...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

Short scientific documentary, part of "The Unseen World" series.

A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith