Most Viewed Year 1905

View of funeral procession and military parade at funeral for Hiram Cronk, who at the time of his death was the oldest surviving veteran of the War...

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...

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

Images from Children's Day 1905.

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The...

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

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

Colorized Fireworks

A framed bank clerk breaks jail and is sheltered by a vicar until the culprit is caught in Soho.

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

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...

A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.

Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.

Short film about the surrender at Port Arthur.

Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to...

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

Boss insists on pawing secretary. She teaches him a lesson.

An actuality which chronicles how a load of ore becomes a finished steel product at a Bessemer plant. Deep red tints and red-hot pops of...

The story of Charles Peace, one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Peace was an expert in cat burglary. The film reconstructs Peace's real-life...

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...