1903 Movies

A pretty domestic scene showing the proud father, with the assistance of the nurse and doctor, tying the little one in a towel and weighing it with a...

"An animated game of craps is proceeding on the levee, a crowd of young darkies [sic] being engaged in the engrossing pursuit of '7 come 11.' Apparent...

Girl dreams of Dick Whittington, Robinson Crusoe, Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Red Riding Hood.

We see a man sporting a derby hat and walrus moustache hang a mail sack on one of those poles that stand beside a railway track followed by a second s...

Film of a royal visit to Ireland, by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion"

A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers. The first off...

Young boys do naval exercises on board a ship.

Produced by Sociéte A. Lumière and sons

Here, on Grand Trunk's main line between Canada and the US, one of Biograph's early production crews rode the pilot of a locomotive from Sarnia, Ontar...

A husband walks out on his wife, leaving an incriminating letter behind. She hires a detective, who discovers the husband in a compromising position w...

From the fairground Theater Morieux.

A comic cops and robbers chase, featuring The Omers, a prominent family of acrobats and vaudeville performers known for their high-energy tumbling and...

This one shows the wagon that collected mail sacks from a streetcar in Washington pulling up besides a railroad mail car before reversing up to it.

Firefighter exercises.

Close-up of a hand doing magic tricks with coins. Directed by Alf Collins.

“Squirrel in a Cage” shows footage of two squirrels in a small cage.

Silent film.

The film begins across the street from some young boys who are lined up against a curbing eating spaghetti or macaroni. The only other action occurs w...

Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.

Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the o...