1906 Movies

Mlle. Consoli does a bunch of jetes, surrounded by other ballerinas. Then they surround her, and when she next appears, she is standing en point on a...

One of the first Russian animated films, created by choreographer Alexander Shiryaev in the second half of the 1900s.

Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)

A humorous film about a dancer

Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.

Some men stalk a lady on her way to the beach.

A hunter with his leg stuck in a wolf trap sends his young son for help – unfortunately the boy is easily distracted and loses track of his mission.

A housewife is particularly determined to get her cooking knife sharpened by a travelling grinder, terrifying her neighbors and assorted pedestrians a...

A father forbids his daughter to marry her fiance and orders him out of the house, so the fiance arranges for the couple to elope--and with angry dad...

The film depict elephants hard at work, moving logs and performing other back-breaking labor under the watchful eyes of their handlers.

Depicts the chaos at a circus following an ape’s untimely escape.

Long shots of men and women coasting (and occasionally tumbling) down the slopes in small groups, followed by a number of skiers launching themselves...

A tramp steals food from a picnicking professor and is blown up.

Comedy ensues when two men accidentally swap hats at the barber's. After discovering the mix-up, the first man to leave returns to the shop to correct...

Butterfly chase.

Farther west on the Ulster and Delaware track, our camera locomotive overtakes a U. & D. Switcher rocking and rolling along. Perhaps filmed on the sam...

The view from the pilot of an Ulster and Delaware locomotive pulling out of Kingston Union Station through Kingston, NY, in 1906.

Reconstitution of the 1905's eruption of Mount Vesubius

An early example of trying to mix film with sound.