1905 Movies

On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. with much celebration and fanfare. TR rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St., NW, escorted by...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Martyrs of the Inquisition

Rendez-vous of Apaches. Bonneteur and pickpocket. Theft at the scramble. Reticle shooter. Shoplifting. Pepper stripper. The coup of Father Franç...

Some gossiping women exaggerate the priest’s gift to a little girl.

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

This 1905 Gaumont produced film attributed to Alice Guy is lost. It has no surviving plot, summary or synopsis. Only a few stills are extant.

Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Chasing after a bicycle thief.

Film shot with the help of the New York City (Metropolitan) Police.

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth. Wh...

A young student goes to his father and asks for money. When this isn't enough he goes to his mother who gives him more. Happy, he meets his friends wh...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this depicts...

Stolen car and a police chase

Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.