Movies 1903 Page 6

Part of Charles Urban’s Unseen World programme (1903), this microcinematographic short begins with a frog swimming in a tank, then focuses on its...

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the...

Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

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

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

A farmer calls on a juggler to see a few of his best tricks. The juggler has brought a bouquet of flowers, from which he takes out a charming and...

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...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

An elderly woman is determined to board an omnibus that does not want to stop for her.

It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...

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.

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...

Looking for evidence that her husband may have been unfaithful, a woman is in a hotel, accompanied by a witness, and they are peeking through the...

In the next scene all that is left of the cabin is a smoldering ruin. A company of trappers come rapidly out of the forest and discover the bodies of...

The Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show introduces rough riders from all the world.

This interesting picture was taken just after the great fire on November 1, 1903. It shows the ruins of the entire upper and lower portion of the...

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

The best and most characteristic picture of the President ever made. The camera is close by so that every feature shows out sharp and distinct. The...

Showing the entire catastrophe resulting from the attempt of Mr. Gorham to ride around the loop the loop on a bicycle. While the enormous crowd...

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

Amusing cake walk of three men and two women (colored) in costume, showing the usual antics that occur in affairs of this kind.

A study in moods. A handsome girl is plucking the petals of a daisy, and repeating the well-known doggerel. The first daisy tells her that her lover...

An organ-grinder is playing beneath the window of a cranky old woman. She objects strenuously. The organ-grinder, egged on by Hooligan, keeps on...

Panoramic view of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), Peking, China.

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...

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...

Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then,...

This scene opens with a view of a stage setting and private box. After Miss Dolly Lightfoot has finished a clever dance, a card is placed upon the...

Princess Marie (1865-1909), born Princess of Orléans, great granddaughter of the French King Ludvig-Filip (1773-1850), who was king of France...

An ignorant teacher beats a pupil and is caned by his new assistant.

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.