All Films - Short Movie Database

The Secret of Death Valley

1906 • 8 min • United States of America

A wife has a vision of her miner husband being killed at the site of his claim. She finds the murderer, now living in luxury, and exacts revenge.

Victime de créanciers

1906 • 3 min • France

As soon as he wakes up, the unfortunate debtor is assailed by a crowd of creditors who, bill in hand, throw themselves on the unfortunate man. Pursued by the delirious pack, the debtor slips away and then, grabbing a broom, faces the pursuers on the doorstep where each of them is conscientiously beaten.

Scenes in San Francisco. [No. 1]

1906 • 3 min • United States of America

Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire.

Vanderbilt Cup 1906

1906 • 4 min • United States of America

A huge throng of spectators watches a car race.

San Francisco After the Earthquake and Fire of 1906

1906 • 9 min

This film is made up of five panoramas, four wide and one close-up, of the ruins of downtown San Francisco shortly after the 1906 disaster, plus a panorama and scene in a nearby refugee camp. Original intertitles precede each change of scene, but the locations provided are incorrect for three of the five views. The state of the ruins and camp suggest a date in late April, 1906. The absence of streetcar tracks in the "Grand Avenue" panorama dates that segment to before May 1, 1906.

West Shore Local

1906 • 2 min • United States of America

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

Sheep Coming Through Chute, Humuula Ranch, Hawaii

1906 • 2 min • United States of America

Sheep bound through a narrow opening, followed by a panoramic vista of the flock running through a meadow.

At the Seaside

1906 • 7 min • France

A man plays with three young women at the beach while his wife is alseep.

Pierrot-artists

1906 • 5 min • Russia

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

Voleurs des bijoux mystifiés

1906 • 6 min • France

A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works

1906 • 12 min • United Kingdom

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 dough are rolled, then cut, shaped, and readied for baking. The camera then continues to show further events throughout the work day.

Dance With A Ball

1906 • 2 min • Russia

A girl dances with a ball.

Films of the San Francisco Earthquake

1906 • 6 min • United States of America

Robert K. Bonine documents the destruction of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

The Gypsy Dance from the Opera 'Il Trovatore'

1906 • 1 min • Denmark

Dance from the Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Choreography by August Bournonville, 1865. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen). (Stumfilm.DK)

Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving

1906 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.

Holmenkollen Ski Jump

1906 • 2 min • Denmark

Danish filmmaker Peter Elfelt took his camera to the bottom of the slopes at the skiing competition in Norway. At the bottom of the slope the director captured the man finishing off their jumps.

Whitsuntide Fair at Preston

1906 • 1 min • United Kingdom

All the fun of the Whitsuntide Fair in Edwardian Preston.

Kong Haakons og Dronning Mauds Besøg i Danmark

1906 • 2 min

King Haakon and Queen Maud visit Denmark.

Orpheus and Eurydice

1906 • 2 min • Denmark

Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen), Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck (1865-1946) and Anna Marie Agerholm (1875-1929).