All Films

Falkenberg Market

1905 • 5 min • Sweden

Documentary images from a market in Falkenberg.

The Mutiny on the Potemkin

1905 • 3 min • United States of America

Mutiny on a Russian Battleship.

Une Joueuse Enragée

1905 • 1 min

A three-card-trick player wins at strip-poker.

Bad Lodgers

1905 • 1 min • France

For the last time the landlord calls upon the artist lodger for his rent and threatens to sell him up unless paid that day. No sooner has he gone than the artist begins to remove all his furniture by sliding it down a plank which he has placed across the window of his friends apartments just opposite. They help him over his difficulty and just as the last piece goes on, and the artist has safely followed it, the landlord arrives and also tries to cross the plank. Just as he is in the middle of it, they twist the plank and down he goes, falling on the head of a pastry cook, whom he proceeds to thrash for being in the way. Very laughable and highly recommended. (UK05)

Weavers

1905 • 1 min • Greece

The Manaki brothers, from Avdella Grevenon, shot the first film of the Balkans, the famous "Weavers", in 1905. The protagonist of their first and short film was their grandmother Loukia Manaki, aged 114, who spun wool and wove on the loom.

A Great Discovery

1905 • 3 min • France

The son of an astronomer hides the family cat in his father's telescope.

The Bicycle Robber

1905 • 5 min • France

Chasing after a bicycle thief.

The Interesting Reading

1905 • 2 min • France

An avid reader aimlessly stumbles through town, bystanders, and harm's way.

The Hairdresser

1905 • 1 min • France

A partially nude woman fixes and brushes her hair.

Automobile Accident

1905 • 2 min • France

A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.

Linotol Comp.

1905 • 1 min

A Danish commercial for Aktieselskabet Linotol-Kompagniet and linotol floor covering.

TR's inauguration, 1905. [No. 1]

1905 • 10 min

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 series different views of the parade, with military bands, Citizens Americus Club, and carriages of politicians. Three film segments totaling 10 minutes, now held at the LoC.

Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola

1905 • 1 min • Macedonia

Early Balkan footage.

Village Wedding

1905 • 6 min • Macedonia

The Manaki brothers document the elegant wedding of a presumably popular couple.

The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany

1905 • 2 min • Macedonia

Early Balkan footage.

The Life of an American Policeman

1905 • 14 min • United States of America

A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child. Later, several officers try to save a woman who has attempted to drown herself. And there are some even more hazardous situations yet to come.

Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.

1905 • 14 min • United States of America

If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch of old boys, some in full military regalia, others in top hats and suits travelling by boat from one dock to another. From there they make up part of a parade as they travel to a hotel. The men are Russian and Japanese envoys gathered by President Teddy Roosevelt to hammer out a peace deal to bring the Russo-Japanese war to an end.

The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day

1905 • 1 min • Macedonia

Early Balkan footage.

The Kleptomaniac

1905 • 10 min • United States of America

A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. Both women are taken to the police station and then into court, to see what penalty each of them must face.

Baby's Toilet

1905 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby girl on her lap before submerging the unsuspecting infant into a tub of soapy water. The baby is surprisingly content to be so vigorously sponged and rinsed but somewhat less happy when extracted from the suds and deposited onto a set of unwelcoming metal weighing scales. Once back on a familiar lap, however, the baby delights in being dried, powdered and expertly pampered. (Catherine McGahan)

The Little Train Robbery

1905 • 10 min • United States of America

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.

Prince Carl's Departure

1905 • 3 min

Prince Carl alongside his wife Princess Maud leaves Denmark to become King Haakon of Norway on 23 November 1905.

The Watermelon Patch

1905 • 11 min • United States of America

Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.

The Outside Class

1905 • 2 min • Macedonia

A schoolclass in seen outside in Macedonia.