1904 Movies

A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by...

A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from ab...

A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.

A family moves out to the 'peaceful' suburbs where everything goes wrong, including the mother-in-law moving in.

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

A parade by denizens of one of the Oriental Concessions, The Pike, St. Louis.

A small stage has a backdrop of a city street, sidewalks, a park, and buildings. From stage right, a boy leads a blind man onto the stage, helps him k...

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

Scene III of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a bargain counter in a department store and a large gathering of women examining goods. It is a special sa...

What appear to be molds pass some men by on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground. Other men pick up wi...

The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his renown....

As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage....

Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...

A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

Directed by Edwin S. Porter and/or Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine poses,...

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.