1905 Movies

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 f...

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

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

Short film by Pathé Frères released in 1905 with a racist plot.

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

A basket of flowers appears and moves by itself to the middle of a decorative arch. From the basket, a woman magician appears. From a cylinder, the ma...

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

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs o...

The future king Gustaf VI Adolf and wife arrive in Stockholm

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...

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 portrait of the Dam family.

A trick film by Gaston Velle

Chasing after a bicycle thief.

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the Ger...

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 fire on a boat requieres the assistance of some sailors

Beautiful girls emerge from a large beehive and perform graceful dances. The queen falls asleep and an enormous spider builds his web over her. The ot...

A young schoolboy sneaks into his father's study while he is out. He discovers a deck of transparent cards and holds some of them up to the lamp, one...