A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.
The Stepmother
Pericón Nacional
Little Bob stages his mechanical toys in a series of charming performances.
Bob's Theater
Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their...
Living Flowers
17th of May celebrations in Norway.
17th of May in Norway
A short film about a dirigible.
The Dirigible 'Homeland'
In all likeliness an inspiration for Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909), Terrible Anguish tells the brief and tragic tale of a family being torn...
Terrible Anguish
Fragments of military showing off.
Militære Opvisninger paa Fælleden
Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)
Wania Tartakoff
The proclamation was performed on 30 January 1906 by Prime Minister Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930). At age 63, Frederik finally became king....
King Frederik VIII's Proclamation
Two unfriendly neighbors make up when their children are caught in a storm.
Victims of the Storm
A girl dances with a ball.
Dance with a Ball
A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.
An Obstacle Course
Newsreel covering the visit of Sweden’s King Oscar II in the city of Kristianstad in September 1906.
The Reception of King Oscar in Kristianstad
An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...
The Rajah's Casket
A young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and killed.
The Automobile Thieves
Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née...
Orpheus and Eurydice
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the...
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to...
L'Honneur du Corse
Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of...
A Winter Straw Ride
View of the Lerfossen near Trondhjem.
Lerfossen
Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance. The hand then crumples up the paper...
The Hand of the Artist
