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The Manaki brothers, from Avdella Grevenon, shot the first film of the Balkans, the famous "Weavers", in 1905. The protagonist of their first and short film was their grandmother Loukia Manaki, aged 114, who spun wool and wove on the loom.
I'm not sure why the negotiations that ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but President Theodore Roosevelt had been flexing the United States' power in the world. He had offered to mediate an end to the the war. Russia agreed because of the shocking losses they had suffered at Mukden and Tsushima, and the naval revolt in Odessa. Japan had agreed because they feared a drawn-out war would cripple them financially. Besides, the treaty's terms gave them control of Korea. This film documents the world leaders presence in Portsmouth with military parades and naval ships.
A magician conjures up a fine meal for a poor man, and clothes him magnificently.... but what does he get out of it?
A poacher eludes a gendarme with the help of some trick photography.
A woman confessing her sins to a priest who gets more and more excited.
Part of the series "Excursion en Italie" by Camille Legrand.
Part of the series "Excursion en Italie" by Camille Legrand.
A man on his way to visit his lady love trips an old man by accident. He makes no apologies and rushes on his way. Little does he know that the old man is a devil who will torment him as he tries his hand at courting.
While the old gentleman is dying his mustache and eyebrows, putting in his monocle, and donning his toupee, the little brat fits a two-gallon jar of glue and ladles some into he gentleman's top hat, then sneaks out to witness his embarrassment.
A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.
The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set between the railroad tracks.
A soldier attempts to rest at an inn, but his bed plays tricks on him, never giving the poor man a chance to sleep. The inn continues to haunt him until it explodes into a pile of rubble. The film is wrongly attributed to Segundo de Chomón, who only films documentaries and actualities for the production company "Macaya y Marro" in Barcelona, during 1905.
We see busy bees flying around the hive. Suddenly a dancer appears on the scene, and we enjoy a dance, executed by six dancers. The Queen gets tired, and while resting, a large spider tries to catch her, but her friends rescue her.
A trick film by Gaston Velle
The cameraman photographed over the right shoulder of a young woman reclining on a couch while rebuffing the advances of a young man intent on kissing her. Throughout the film, the young woman eludes his advances. Finally, at the end of the picture, she seems to have accepted his persistence as sincere, and she allows him to kiss her.
Early Balkan footage.
A keen Scots golfer wrecks his host's house.
A Christmas goose is brought back to life by an electric shock machine. This film is considered lost.
In Yunnan, at the end of the Qing dynasty, Auguste François, consul, photographer and amateur ethnographer documents, thanks to a camera provided by Léon Gaumont, scenes of daily life in the streets of Yunnanfu (now Kunming) , but also more exceptional events: a procession, a pagoda feast, a funeral, a performance of the Chinese theater. "Images de Chine" is not a film, but a compilation of all those films made by "La Cinémathèque française" for private showings, with an overall duration of 52 minutes.
At the racetrack.
Traveling by tracks through the streets of Aarhus.
The film was made up of photographs of interior sets combined with exteriors to establish the beginning and the end of the film. The first scene is of a New York street where a sightseeing bus is about to start off on a trip. Then the interiors, using actors, begin. A guide with a megaphone escorts a country couple through a vaudeville show-restaurant and an opium den. The country bumpkins are enthusiastic about the tour. The last scene shows the bus loaded with tourists returning to its starting point. Broadway at 38th street, New York City.
View of funeral procession and military parade at funeral for Hiram Cronk, who at the time of his death was the oldest surviving veteran of the War of 1812.
The film shows hundreds of tightly packed people crowding into the front door of the Rothschild Co. 5 and 10 cent store. They are so closely packed it is difficult to tell one from another. The view is from across the street, looking down from the 2nd floor.
A series of races and exhibitions is taking place at the hippodrome track in Coney Island's Dreamland. First there is a simple race between two riders, followed by several other competitions involving larger numbers of horses. Finally, there is a race between two chariots driven by teams of horses. After the races are over, a parade takes place on the track.
The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.
A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely shot in 1897 but not screened in France until the 10th of December 1899.
The first camera position shows girls in uniform marching in double file down a curved flight of stairs in an amusement zone. The remainder of the film is from several camera positions and shows the band wearing two different types of uniforms.
A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in the end he's caught by the family dog.
Lowell, Massachusetts: a stationary camera records the St. Patrick's Day parade on a muddy street.
Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film, a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby girl on her lap before submerging the unsuspecting infant into a tub of soapy water. The baby is surprisingly content to be so vigorously sponged and rinsed, but somewhat less happy when extracted from the suds and deposited onto a set of unwelcoming metal weighing scales. Once back on a familiar lap, however, the baby delights in being dried, powdered and expertly pampered. (Catherine McGahan)
Images of boats on the river.
The daring skeleton-sledding racers along the now-legendary Cresta Run at St. Moritz took their lives into their own hands as they attempted to race the dangerous, icy course – the first of its kind – travelling at speeds of 40-50 miles per hour while lying face-down on a low-riding sled. Included are views of the speedometer device used by officials as each rider completes the course, spectators standing just feet from the flying sleds and a few points in which riders lose control while negotiating hairpin turns.
Spanish lost film about the 30 August 1905 solar eclipse.
After finding the butter on his bread to be off, a scholar examines the food under a microscope. This short film is from the Corrick Collection by the Corrick Family Entertainers.
A man wins a girl by pretending to take poison.
Various shots of a car race and the spectators.
A gang of child thieves take one away and hand him over to other gypsies who dress him in rags and cruelly mistreat him. The boy wants to escape and the police find them. The father shoots one of the gypsies and the others are happily arrested.
Early 20th century film footage of Japan.
Splendid views of Edwardian Rochdale from the front of a tram after a recent dusting of snow.
An actuality which chronicles how a load of ore becomes a finished steel product at a Bessemer plant. Deep red tints and red-hot pops of hand-coloring give the film an ominous glow.
A visit to the zoo.
Cavalcade in Luxembourg, 1905.
Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full of snakes that got loose. A goose gets involved in the chase, and is stolen by a tramp. The chase ends when the crowd arrives at a stream that the tramp has already crossed, with the goose under his arm.
A parade of Mystic Shriners in ritual costumes and traditional hats, carrying a banner reading "Mecca"; some walk, some are mounted on horses, a few ride on camels and on one elephant. Many men and women in street dress walk casually in the parade. Single camera position from high angle.
A man plays a trick to gain a woman's affection.
People waving goodbye to ship. High angle of intersection. People hurried off ferry. Pov on elevated. Views from? People on street & pov from trollies. Skating in central park & windy day on street with snowdrifts. Street scenes. Ice. Winter pedestrians. Ship sailing.
The film shows an unusual type of railroad car designed to go over or under an oncoming car instead of around it, as conventional railroad cars must do. Each car not only runs on tracks but also has a set of tracks over its top, permitting an oncoming car to go over it. The camera was placed close to a platform on which the passenger-laden train ran, and the over-and-under vehicle demonstrated its unusual capabilities several times.
Hangman brings criminal to gallows, places hood on head, priest prays.
Several shots of a manned kite-glider at Brighton Beach.
A little man appears out of the smoke.
Short film about a Polar expedition
Photographed from one camera position, a robust woman demonstrates physical culture exercises.
The 16 July 1905 departure of polar explorer Robert Peary on one of his expeditions to the North Pole aboard the specially designed ship Roosevelt.
A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.
If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch of old boys, some in full military regalia, others in top hats and suits travelling by boat from one dock to another. From there they make up part of a parade as they travel to a hotel. The men are Russian and Japanese envoys gathered by President Teddy Roosevelt to hammer out a peace deal to bring the Russo-Japanese war to an end.
A short film from the Edison crew.
Painter pursued by policeman, laundress, milkman, etc.
Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.