1906 Movies

Video photage of a military maneuver in Östergötland, Sweden.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding...

An army of kitchen maids go on strike and take down all the men who come in their path.

Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped....

A view of Waikiki in 1906.

A young man is sent away to law school in Paris. He enjoys himself until his parents come to visit and end his fun.

A large, jewelry-laden Black king and his entourage arrive in Paris, where he mistakenly eats soap and candles before trying to consume a baby. Follow...

Lost short film

17th of May celebrations in Norway.

Sheep bound through a narrow opening, followed by a panoramic vista of the flock running through a meadow.

A lost boy wandering through the city discovers counterfeiters operating in a cellar. He alerts the police, helps bring about their arrest, and is eve...

At the racetrack.

A clown creates a giant version of his face, and then retrieves two miniature versions of himself from his luggage.

A man is obsessed with playing billards.

In this color-tinted short, we first see a close-up of a red rose, perfectly formed. Then, we see the rose held by a young woman who is wearing a brig...

An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...

Haakon becomes King of Norway.

A championship fight that took place in the Nevada goldfields between boxers Joe Gans and Battling Nelson.

"A mountaineering expedition in search of the victims of an Alpine tragedy, in which two well known climbers lost their lives. A beautifully pathetic...