1906 Movies

A horse fetches help when tramps attack its master.

The coronation of King Håkon (Haakon VII) of Norway in 1905.

A curate sits on an anthill at a picnic.

King Haakon on the boat of Crown Prince Christian.

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.

The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife....

It is the proceedings of a spiritualist séance. A table whirls around, spirits appear and disappear, and other marvelous feats savoring of the superna...

A view of King Street in Hawaii.

The shift of the crown was paralleled by a new epoch of cinema in Denmark. Peter Elfelt had been the dominant figure in early Danish film. After some...

Among the Sami people.

King Haakon travels to Trondhjem.

King Haakon and Queen Maud visit Denmark.

The candidate at home to callers. Double bribery. An interrupted meeting. the rival bill-stickers. A small coin makes a big row. Nursing baby, and the...

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in th...

Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one o...

A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.

Fragments of military showing off.

The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.