1906 Movies

Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance. The hand then crumples up the paper and...

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included...

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)

Crooks in an armored car-- the modern-day pirates-- trespass, murder and rob other motorists while sailing the roadways. Able to traverse small bodies...

A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.

An old man, bell ringer at Notre Dame de Paris, disowns his daughter who has an affair with a young frivolous gentleman.

In this color-tinted short, we first see a close-up of a red rose, perfectly formed. Then, we see the rose held by a young woman who is wearing a brig...

The head of the family, in search of money, dons the clothes left by the village priest. He commits a terrible deed, and later, the priest learns of i...

View of the Lerfossen near Trondhjem.

A family living in poverty, in a tiny house with no furniture. When mama goes to sleep, the youngsters head out to rustle up some firewood. Apparently...

A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.

A look at typical activities taking place in the Peek Frean factory: First, the workers get up steam, as supplies of milk and flour arrive. Sheets of...

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

In 1906, the Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Bludenz, is the only east-west mountain railway in Austria. This 340...

An army of kitchen maids go on strike and take down all the men who come in their path.

This one-reel documentary is pretty much what it says in the title. Cavalrymen ride their horses, first over low hedges, then over increasingly rough...

Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack. C...

A static shot of crowded trams returning people from an unknown sporting event.