Most Viewed Year 1905 - 14

Four people, two women and two men, can be seen reclining in the bunks of an artist's conception of a Chinese opium den.

Documentary short released in 1905.

A full-length view, photographed from the audience, of a woman dressed in tights doing calisthenics. She demonstrates arm and waist movements.

A group of thieves are building a fake coffin as part of a plan to steal a jewel case filled with extravagant and expensive gems. With one of the...

The film shows hundreds of tightly packed people crowding into the front door of the Rothschild Co. 5 and 10 cent store. They are so closely packed...

Comedy about moving furniture.

The first camera position shows girls in uniform marching in double file down a curved flight of stairs in an amusement zone. The remainder of the...

A short film from the Edison crew.

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...

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

'From Siberia to Moscow' (1876) was August Bournonville’s last long ballet. It was inspired by an 1874 trip to Russia, where Bournonville met...

Four on-screen spectators serve as the viewer’s proxy at a running of the annual French championship steeplechase held at Paris’s Auteuil...

Chasing after a bicycle thief.

The daring skeleton-sledding racers along the now-legendary Cresta Run at St. Moritz took their lives into their own hands as they attempted to race...

This short subject features a baby splashing in a tin bath, obviously enjoying making a mess. As the baby plays, a woman's torso is seen moving in...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various...

After finding the butter on his bread to be off, a scholar examines the food under a microscope. This short film is from the Corrick Collection by...

A train ride of New York.

A gang of child thieves take one away and hand him over to other gypsies who dress him in rags and cruelly mistreat him. The boy wants to escape and...

It's Christmas time, so it's obligatory to give a gift to everyone, even the guy who's paid to do a job, and often paid very well. It's a yearly...