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.
The Gallants of the Park
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
Barcelona Park at Twilight
1904 journalistic actuality.
Reception of His Majesty Alfonso XIII in Barcelona
The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...
The Impossible Voyage
A singing "baby" backed by a chorus line of fellow "babies".
Emil! Babylied
Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.
Trotting Match at Springfield Park, Wigan
Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...
Parsifal
A damp and murky day greets the annual Whitsuntide Catholic procession in Edwardian Manchester.
Manchester Catholics Whitsuntide Procession
During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...
The Strike
An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.
Christopher Columbus
A comedic short about taking unpleasant medicine.
Bad Remedy
A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.
Burglary at Night
A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...
Drama in the Air
The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive...
Scenes on Every Floor
Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
Faust and Marguerite
Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.
Los políticos
This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”,...
Reign of Louis XIV
A couple perform a acrobatic dance.
Danses plastiques
A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.
Barnum's Trunk
A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...
Japanese Varieties
A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.
The Great Train Robbery
View of the exit of the "La Sin Bombo" cigarette and tobacco factory, one of the oldest in Argentina. Employers, workers and workers. At the end a...
Exit from the Cigarette Factory "La Sin Bombo"
Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.
Procession of our Patron, the Virgin of the Forsaken
