All Films

Venice and the Grand Canal

1904 • 2 min • United Kingdom

View of the Grand Canal in Venice from a boat believed to have been made in either 1901 or 1904 and as part of the series "Through Italy with the Bioscope" by George Albert Smith and Charles Urban.

How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

1904 • 11 min • United States of America

A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper...

An Interesting Story

1904 • 4 min • United Kingdom

The adventures of an inattentive man who can't look away from his book.

The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia

1904 • 42 min • United Kingdom

Belgradian parades and everyday street scenes.

A Day in the Hayfields

1904 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

The Wonderful Living Fan

1904 • 3 min • France

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer then has a large box brought in. It is opened, revealing a very large folding fan. When the fan is spread out, the designs on it begin to change and move. And this is far from the last of the surprises that the conjurer has in store.

Tit for Tat

1904 • 2 min • France

Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback by levitating above Melies and spewing water on him.

The Devilish Plank

1904 • 2 min • France

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

The Mistletoe Bough

1904 • 9 min • United Kingdom

During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.

The Wandering Jew

1904 • 3 min • France

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

Christophe Colomb

1904 • 12 min • France

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

Scarecrow Pump

1904 • 1 min • United States of America

A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken acquaintance when he passes by. The boy then hides and waits for him, but things do not turn out quite as he planned.

The Imperceptible Transmutations

1904 • 2 min • France

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

The Bewitched Trunk

1904 • 3 min • France

A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other people.

A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself

1904 • 2 min • France

A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.

Yantai Episode

1904 • 1 min • France

The Battle of Liaoyang began on August 29, 1904 and continued until September 1 when the Russians were forced to retreat. On September 6 the Japanese occupied the Yentai Mines to the north of Liaoyang. (The History of the Russo-Japanese War by Sydney Tyler published 1905)

The Wonderful Rose Tree

1904 • 3 min • France

The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his renown. (giornatedelcinemamuto.it)

The Fugitive Apparitions

1904 • 2 min • France

A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

The Firefall

1904 • 3 min • France

A magic show.

Faust and Marguerite

1904 • 5 min • France

Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.

A Catastrophe in Hester Street

1904 • 2 min • United States of America

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro powder, causing an explosion that wrecks the block and blows off the vendor’s arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendor’s arm with a severed leg.

A Miracle Under the Inquisition

1904 • 2 min • France

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

1904 • 2 min • United States of America

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway, October 27, 1904

1904 • 5 min

People on street outside bunting draped building. VIP's out & photographers take pictures. Park & subway entrance. Old bobby helmets on police as VIP's into subway. Pan over waving people with trolley behind and carriage. Appears to be near city hall. Pan inside sideway. People walking out including well-dressed women. Subway past camera left to right. Ceremony. Subway opening.