Cinematic Era: 1904 Vintage

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.

Part of some exhibitions in Callao made by Juan Jose Pont.

On Friday, February 19, 1904, at four thirty in the afternoon, one of Juan Jose Pont's employees took pictures of Jirón de la Unión and Plaza de Armas.

His Excellency Manuel Candamo, then President of Peru.

Street scene depicting a tram travelling through Sunderland, which concludes at the Roker seafront. Two men dance a brief waltz in the forecourt of the Roker Hotel, and then take up a game of catch.

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, but her partner is restless to see more of life. It becomes apparent to the women that her husband will not settle, so she leaves him and falls destitute and hungry. An opportunist scoundrel with bad intentions takes her in, but by and by insists she engages in shameful work. When she refuses he is enraged and attacks her on a bridge, leaving her to drown. She is then rescued...and her family accept her.

A young girl tries to feed a puppy.

Two children, a boy and a girl, blow bubbles.

Documentary snippets from the lives of miners.

A splendid picture showing a parade of decorated floats, representing various nations on one Grand Lagoon at the St. Louis Exposition-The Cascades, Festival Hall and it's picturesque surroundings in the background. This picture is remarkably fine photographically, and of unusual interest, inasmuch as the floats come very near to the camera and a very fair view of the occupants is given.

Lomas, a talented photographer specializing in wildlife and hunting subjects, turned his hand to filming for Charles Urban, making several trips to the Far East, including Borneo. Here he is in Ceylon, showing mahouts bathing their elephants.

Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.

Exhibition by Uncle Sam's troops in the Filipino Concession at the St. Louis Exposition

This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”, “The Camp at Flanders”, “La Vallière’s Elopement”, “Louis XIV and the Iron Mask”, “Entertainment of the Court”, and “Night Festival in Versailles”, which features views of the palace’s Grand Fountains.

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street scenes with the principle edifices, monuments, bridges, etc., but include “snapshots” of the various human types and their different occupations and pleasures to be found in all the districts touched upon in our “Bioscopic Ramble,” from fashionable West End London to the slums of Whitechapel etc.

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Kids playing with rabbits.

Employees leaving Westinghouse Works .

This is a single camera position film of muscle-flexing exercises by a professional physical culturist. The expansion, contraction, and flexing of the muscles and chest were done to display not only the prowess but also the control of the demonstrator.

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 across the surface.

A woman dressed as a Spanish dancer enters from the wings, camera right, and starts to dance. Her dancing consists of a series of high kicks, followed by a routine of handsprings, splits, and some contortionist positions. At the end, she takes a bow.

A typical Niagara Falls Winter scene showing young people sliding down immense ice mounds which are some hundred feet in height.

Inside a boxing ring are two horses. Attendants put white bag-like objects on their forefeet. At a signal from the ringmaster, the two horses stand on their hind legs and start boxing.

Colored footage of fountains in the park of Versailles.

View of the exit of the "La Sin Bombo" cigarette and tobacco factory, one of the oldest in Argentina. Employers, workers and workers. At the end a scene of the workers dancing in front of the camera.

Showing a large number of people enjoying this favorite Winter pastime in Central Park. This scene was taken close by a large lake, and shows thousands of people skating in the background. A most interesting subject.

Shows a parade held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Atlantic City in 1854. Includes views of patriotic floats, a U.S. Army Drum and Bugle Corps, and the men and equipment of the Atlantic City Fire Department.

Footage of the returning EXPEDITION party from the 1902 - 1904 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION led by William Spiers Bruce, met on return to Scotland by veteran world traveller Sir John Murray at Millport, July 1904.

A large number of men wearing bathing suits march quick step by the camera. As the men continue, the seashore can be seen. Behind the marching men is an amusement pier out over the ocean. The film ends as the men can be seen in the distance marching into the water.

Police officers try to evict a determined family from their home.

A couple performs the Ruffian's Dance.

One of the greatest attractions at the famous Summer resort, Coney Island, N. Y. A huge elephant stands at the top of the chutes and prepares for his trip. At his back is another elephant who starts his companion. The huge animal assumes a sitting position as he leaves the top and like a flash slides down the steep incline into the water. He strikes the water with a tremendous splash, remains under the water for a short time, enjoying his cool bath. It takes considerable coaxing on the part of his Arabian keeper to get him to come out of the water.

Police try to break up a gang that is manufacturing counterfeit coins.

There are fifteen of them, ten girls and five boys in three rows of five, the boys flanked by the girls. They go through a rehearsed routine in synchronisation, each holding a couple of small dumb-bells.

From three camera positions, the Democratic presidential candidate, Judge Parker, bids farewell on the wharf at Esopus to Mayor McClellan and other important Democrats.

Through an invisible keyhole, the viewer peeps at the leisure activities of a carefree group of noblewomen who enjoy the water, as well as a hearty slice of emancipation.

Bolton Wanderers overpower the shortlived Burton United at Burnden Park under rainy skies.

Film made by cinema Juan José Pont in Peru.

In Arequipa, Juan José Pont coincided with President Candamo's visit to the city. It was there that the president died suddenly, prompting Pont to film the funeral, which he later screened in Callao before leaving the country.

Pont traveled through southern Peru. While in Arequipa, he coincided with President Candamo's visit to the city.

Footage of the bullfight held that day, filmed by Pont, was shown alongside the foreign films in his repertoire.

Under the leadership of the Spanish-born businessman Juan José Pont, it was the first film company that aimed to tour and screen footage shot throughout the country. Its premiere was included in a program of foreign films whose appeal lay in their average length of 800 meters.

This movie shows the bombardment by the Japanese of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

A little girl and her baby sister are playing in the garden. The older of the two, wishing to amuse herself in some other way, gives the baby some bread and runs off. Pretty soon a number of hungry puppies see the baby eating and make a rush for her. When they jump for the bread the child becomes frightened, gets up and attempts to run away, but there are too many hungry pups around, and before she can get away, they snatch the bread from her. It is very humorous to watch the baby's facial expressions from the time the little puppies first appear, until she runs away.

An extreme close-up on a man's face.

On the Yorkshire coast, a Victorian crew launch their lifeboat the old-fashioned way, with a horse-drawn slipway

The wedding of Armand De Guiche and Élaine Greffulhe.

The launch of the ship Regina Elena.

A game of cards turns into a deadly duel.

Naval review.

A realistic representation of the bombardment of Port Arthur by the Japanese. The great iron clad monsters of the deep are seen to glide in and out firing at the Russians, who are inland. The water effect is grand, and the mines are seen to explode, throwing thousands of tons of water high into the air; ships are seen to burst into flame and sink from sight, leaving the crew to fight their way to shore, some of them being shot by the Russians from the fort.

A comedy of faux Frenchmen who engage in a duel over some slight disagreement and who manage to shoot everyone but each other. Filmed by James Williamson on the South Downs, near England’s famous white cliffs.

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

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 salacious hint.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

Two kids having a boxing match at the beach.

The camera was situated on an ocean beach. The only action visible is a large number of children bathing in the surf. For the full extent of the film, the group can be seen splashing about in the surf.