1904 Movies

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

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.

Police try to break up a gang that is manufacturing counterfeit coins.

A true-crime short of a bank robbery and chase and capture.

[A]n excerpt from the novel by a chap named Marchmont in which the hero, a fellow with the heroic name of Hamylton Tregethner attempts to dissuade a f...

It shows General Baden-Powell, hero of the Anglo-Boer war, and his family visiting Accrington.

Old film taken in Lancashire, North England in May 1904.

A womens' basketball game from 1904, documented.

Dagmar arrives by train.

Lancashire children perform physical education exercises in (almost) perfect unison.

Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him. Ap...

A couple performs the Ruffian's Dance.

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

The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the previo...

This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being dep...

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

A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.

A thief notices a large amount of money in a woman's purse. When she dozes off on the train, he snatches the cash. Discovering her purse empty, the wo...

One of the greatest attractions at the famous Summer resort, Coney Island, N. Y. A huge elephant stands at the top of the chutes and prepares for his...