1904 Movies

This dynamic actuality film documents the hunting of a boar from the first bugle call to the distribution of the spoils.

This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”, “The Camp at Flanders”, “L...

An aged villager, reminded of his boyhood days in the church choir by the sound of the bells, totters to the church door and begs the vicar to allow h...

This short subject features a baby splashing in a tin bath, obviously enjoying making a mess. As the baby plays, a woman's torso is seen moving in the...

An one of the two suriving sections of Urban's original nine-part, 2,500-ft documentary, an exceptionally observant view of London life.

Newsreel footage of an execution by beheading of Li-Tang, the Chinches chief of a band of Manchurian bandits. Shot during the Russo Japanese war by th...

In this actuality from Pathe, French cavalry officers jump their horses over a wall maybe one foot in height.

A man of huge proportions is seated in a high-back armchair and is turning over in his mind what he will do to amuse himself. Rising and placing himse...

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

A sailor and a policeman get into a comedic encounter involving a carpet. This short film (believed to be from 1904) is part of the Corrick Collection...

It's another crowded day in the water at Coney Island, with people shoving small boats out of the way so they can have enough room the splash about in...

A woman in a dressing gown peeks out her window and then pulls down the shade. She then takes off the gown and proceeds to put on clothes, offering a...

Kids playing with rabbits.

The only known film footage of Marcel Proust (identified by Canadian professor Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan) shows the French writer at a wedding as he d...

Three girls in evening costumes seated about a table blowing bubbles. As the bubbles are formed the young ladies drop them on the table and blow them...

A man rides a bike into the water and two officers tries to help him.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.