All Films

Views of Tokyo, Japan

1915 • 4 min

Old film of Tokyo, Japan in 1913 and 1915.

Turkije

1915 • 4 min

Shows sights in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul. Included sights include a scene at a local barber and ships sailing on the Bosporus.

S.S. Lusitania Leaves New York City on Last Voyage

1915 • 5 min

Passengers arrive at the dock and go aboard the ship. The Lusitania's flag is raised. Passengers, including author Elbert Hubert, pose at the ship's rail. Tugs maneuver the Lusitania into the channel.

Gorges of Hourat

1915 • 4 min

Shots of the landscape in the Pyrenees, mainly wildly swirling water floods. The mountain pass of Hourat.

Sharps and Flats

1915 • 11 min

'Husbands go on holiday and pretend they are at Volunteer Training Corps camp.' (British Film Catalogue)

Nordisk Films Kompagnis studier

1915 • 2 min • Denmark

Promotional film for Nordisk Films Kompagni.

The Man Hunt!

1915 • 11 min • United States of America

While on a hunting trip Tom encounters some bootleggers.

Studdy's War Cartoons

1915 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Animated WWI-era comic highlights from the innovative cartoonist George Studdy, creator of Bonzo the dog.

Ramsgate Zeppelin Raid. Showing Damage Done to the Bull and George Hotel

1915 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid.

Footballer's Battalion

1915 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Professional footballers answer the call of duty and get in training; many would go on to fight in the Battle of the Somme.

The Exchange of Prisoners of War Through Sweden

1915 • 46 min • Sweden

Documentary of prisoner exchange during WWI.

Alpenland

1915 • 40 min

Various images of the alpine landscape.

And We, Like People

1915 • 44 min • Russia

The story of a canine attraction in four parts, with the participation exclusively of four-legged and winged actors. The main acting snouts: Pik Pikovich Fokster´erov, a society dandy. Mimi, his beloved. Lord Serbernarov, a gouty old man, Mimi’s guardian.

The Pantomime of Death

1915 • 55 min

A beautiful circus artist gets involved with a young nobleman and his brother.

Merely A Married Man

1915 • 10 min

A Keystone slapstick comedy Harry McCoy & Mae Busch.

Gussle's Backward Way

1915 • 11 min

This film concerns the adventures of Gussle, played by Sydney Chaplin, in Big Bear Lake area of California. The picture opens with our hero riding a mule through a creek bed, when he is set upon by some robbers. Gussle outsmarts them by attempting to hand over his goods by stretching across the stream, but dropping the goods into the water thereby making the robber also fall in. He makes his way to an inn and recounts his experiences to the other guests and then they all go out and spend time playing in the snow. Some trick photography is used to make it appear that Gussle is making a mule walk backwards.

The Magic Brew

1915 • 3 min • Sweden

Short animated silent film about a man drinking alcohol.

The Kiss of Death

1915 • 34 min

Edgar Doran has lived all his life on his old, gloomy ancestral farm deep in the forest. On a visit to the big city, he meets – among an extravagant company of artists – the eccentric, beautiful Vera, who enchants him at first sight. Edgar’s strong feelings are reciprocated, the couple get married and move into his forest home together. However, Edgar’s long-time friend is very sceptical of the new mistress of the farm and is the first to sow a seed of suspicion against the mysterious Vera in Edgar’s sombre mind. When Edgar finds some love letters in Vera’s drawers, he sees his suspicions confirmed and decides to poison her. (Stumfilm.dk)

I kronans kläder

1915 • 27 min • Sweden

The soldier Bengt (Gustav Bengtsson) have problems with the drill, so the lieutenant (Erik Berglund) orders the punishment drill.

The Champagne of Rigadin

1915 • 11 min

'Le Champagne de Rigadin' tells the story of two neighbouring couples who love to play petanque. One day, one of the men pulls a prank on his neighbours by leaving an explosive filled with water in their garden. His son tries to play the same kind of tricks, resulting in a less cheerful ending.

The Failure

1915 • 40 min • United States of America

Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for "taking advantage" of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman in his newspaper.

När konstnärer älska

1915 • 52 min

The famous painter Bernhard Steen has made a portrait of the actress Thora Flemming.

Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker

1915 • 9 min • United States of America

In this latest exploit of the inimitable little colonel, he goes upon a ghost hunt – but the hunter becomes the hunted.

L'empreinte de la patrie

1915 • 50 min • Belgium, France

The intersection of multiple realities will be a little too late. A general considers his son to be a deserter since there is no other option for him but to serve in the German army because of naturalization. Until the last moment, the son continues to oppose the German army, unfortunately without the father knowing.