1904 Movies

Employees leaving Westinghouse Works .

With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes passes...

A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...

A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by...

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tight...

A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the...

Reenactment of a battle in the Russo-Japanese War.

Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the Flames,...

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

A sexton reforms after dreaming of abduction by goblins.

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

"This view represents a grand transformation scene of several tableaux, the more interesting and the more surprising in the order of their presentatio...

Recreation of a real-life fire that took 602 lives.

The story concerns a women who meets a dashing and prosperous man with a car (1904!),and they proceed to have a good time together. They settle down,...

A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce...

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....