Most Viewed Year 1905

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially...

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

A portrait of the Dam family.

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

A magician shows tricks with money.

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand...

The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and...

Early Balkan footage.

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate...

1905 short film showing people walking down a Ljutomer street after mass.

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a...

A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...