Movies 1904

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

1904 journalistic actuality.

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street...

Arrival of the management and staff of the Koninklijk Nederlands Circus Oscar Carré at Amsterdam’s Weesperpoort Station. The train arrives on the...

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...

A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

A comedic short about taking unpleasant medicine.

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

A singing "baby" backed by a chorus line of fellow "babies".

The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive early comedy that presents a...

Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

A prefect is converted to Christianity and dies in the arena with his lover.

Frenchman Count Hardup advertises for a wife. He gets more than he bargained for when women start chasing him. He's caught by an old maid.

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

Shows a band of mischievous cowboys being chased by Indians. A number of shots are fired at the pursuing Indians by the cow punchers, and the...

A tramp gets involved in mischief on a train.

Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.

Boy swimmers upset a bench and throw lovers into a stream.

A high board fence is shown covered with theatrical posters. The one in the center shows the head and shoulders of a pretty girl. An old farmer and...

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro...

A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.

During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.

Three girls in evening costumes seated about a table blowing bubbles. As the bubbles are formed the young ladies drop them on the table and blow them...

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

An Englishman travel's abroad

A band of robbers are playing cards in the foreground of the picture. Suddenly one of the gang who has been on the lookout for the stage coach rides...

A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into...

A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.

A realistic representation of the bombardment of Port Arthur by the Japanese. The great iron clad monsters of the deep are seen to glide in and out...