1905 Movies

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.

A trick film using the reverse effect.

Another magic short of Méliès.

The Manaki brothers document the hanged bodies in a town square, post-Ilinden Uprising; The disheartened mill about. The men were likely killed by Mus...

Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.

This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films. There are som...

The formal name of the peep show machine was the Mutoscope -- at least when it was manufactured by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, whic...

A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with h...

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing...

A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.

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

A living statue causes trouble for unsuspecting bystanders.

A brief scene at a sheep slaughterhouse.

A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of...

Polin performs a song.

A mass gathering of people.

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.