1905 Movies

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...

Early Balkan footage.

Martyrs of the Inquisition

A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).

One at a time, we meet eight members of the Dam family.

A workman flees from a lunatic who wishes to return a putty knife.

A schoolclass in seen outside in Macedonia.

A lawyer passionately pleads for his criminal client.

Street views from the danish capital. Among the various retailers and businesses seen is Serpent Bicycle Shop, the newly built Hotel Cosmopolite, Hote...

Early "photoscene" (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue) showing a performance of the cake walk. Also known as "Cake-walk nègre" by many (sadly).

Early Balkan footage.

An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once t...

The French short film recreates key moments from the Russian revolution of 1905 in Odessa.

Short film by Pathé frères released in 1905

Alice Guy directed a now lost phonoscene (film that relied on a chronophone sound recording that the actors in the film lip-synced with) version of Fa...

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A mischievous errand boy, sent out on a delivery, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he arrives back at the shop, he finds all his furious vict...

The camera is high above Manhattan near the top of the Times Building, pointing down.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.