1905 Movies

Boss insists on pawing secretary. She teaches him a lesson.

The film was made up of photographs of interior sets combined with exteriors to establish the beginning and the end of the film. The first scene is of...

Taken from the audience's point of view, the film shows a contortionist demonstrating that she can completely revolve her arms in the shoulder sockets...

Photographed from one camera position, a robust woman demonstrates physical culture exercises.

Comedy about moving furniture.

A short film from the Edison crew.

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.

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

A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the word “Bonsoir” in coloured letters formed from flowers.

A Short Comedy

A ballerina dreams of dancing under the sea.

Pathé film number 1244, a remake from Ferdinand Zecca's film of the same name (1901). This version was known as "What Is Seen Through a Keyhole" (US)...

A young woman is a cook in a noble house, but she reads her favorite drama "Joan of Arc" as often as she can while she works. But that's not all, she...

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain.

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain. Cf. Woman with unc...

1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears in Hollis Frampton's film, Public Domain.

The Manakia brothers, from Avdella Grevenon, shot the first film in the Balkans, the famous "Weavers", in 1905. The protagonist of their first and sho...

French short film Pathe Frères Catalog 1237

Erotic dance performed by an unknown female dancer.