The best movies 1906 Pagina 15

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Document of a 1906 prize-fight.

A dog trails bankrobbers and saves its master's life.

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

While on a walk, the six soldiers' wives are kidnapped by six officers. After recovering their wives, the soliders are punished for three days by the...

A British soldier is made prisoner by a Zulu, who tries to set fire on the Union Jack. A bulldog runs on the rescue terrorizing the Zulu. This allows...

A troop of soldiers on horseback enter San Francisco with relief supplies following the earthquake that year.

A wife has a vision of her miner husband being killed at the site of his claim. She finds the murderer, now living in luxury, and exacts revenge.

Panorama, Ruins Aristocratic Apartments after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

A film by the Edison Company showing the devastation of the April 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.

This Walter G. Chase film about epileptic seizures was photographed from a single camera position against a backdrop of dark canvas.

In the beginning of the film, a streetcar passes in front of the camera position. The camera starts to move, indicating that it was on a streetcar...

A payroll clerk is framed by a man competing with him for the attentions of a mill girl.

Dancing Procession in Echternach, 1906.

Riders at a cavalry school take the horses through their paces, jumping over fences and walls, descending steep slopes, and fording streams. Some...

Short silent film about the difficulty caused by these dresses in getting out of the car without offending the modesty of passers-by.

Panorama, Nob Hill and Ruins of Millionaire Residences after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

A mattress maker briefly leaves the mattress she's mending. A drunkard leaving the café sits down on it. The woman returns and finishes her...

A huge throng of spectators watches a car race.

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once...

Leaving for town, a peasant comes upon a witch who puts him under her spell. Neither the jeers of his companions or the supplications of his young...