1905 Movies

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

This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films. There are som...

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing...

Polin performs a song.

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

A unique view of one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. The film is tinted to portray the falls amid highly picturesque setting in the col...

A couple of women are washing outside.

Early Balkan footage.

The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely sho...

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of...

Early Balkan footage.

Early Balkan footage.

The future king Gustaf VI Adolf and wife arrive in Stockholm

A schoolclass in seen outside in Macedonia.

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

Balkan actuality.

Various shots around Washington, D.C., on Roosevelt's 1905 inauguration, March 4th. View of the Capitol crowds, and the oath of office. Followed by a...

A mass gathering of people.

A film adaptation of the play by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey.