1905 Movies

A couple of women are washing outside.

Early Balkan footage.

This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dan...

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

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

A brief scene at a sheep slaughterhouse.

Early Balkan footage.

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

A soldier attempts to rest at an inn, but his bed plays tricks on him, never giving the poor man a chance to sleep. The inn continues to haunt him unt...

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth. Wh...

A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with h...

A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

A woman sneaks up behind a seated couple, stabs the woman in the back, and makes an escape.

Balkan actuality.

Early Balkan footage.