The best movies 1908 Pagina 21

A pesky fly and the determination to get it.

1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

The oldest surviving Polish film, Pruska Kultura depicts the persecution of Poles under Prussian Germanisation, drawing on events such as the 1901...

Actuality of Crown Princess Margareta’s 2 June 1908 visit to Lund: arrival at the station, carriage procession along Klostergatan past the...

Film about an inventor going wild

Pierrot and his Columbine are seated at a little feast with another friend, when Pierrot becomes jealous of his friend's attentions to the girl and...

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but...

The Baseball Fan is a Comedy short.

Saphora, a noble Roman patrician, falls for the commoner Marcus, but his heart belongs to Lydia. Jealous of their love, Saphora has Lydia imprisoned...

A recording of a trip on the Kinda Canal in Sweden, going from Linköping to Alvastra.

It is the only known surviving film footage from the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker-sponsored expedition to record American Indian life in the west, filmed...

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

This richly colored picture revives an interesting incident in French history and shows us some of the famous events connected with the overthrow of...

Traditional Swedish dances are performed.

During an effort to repair a horse carriage a boy grabs the wheel and gives it a push down the hill and towards the city. The wheel turns and turns...

1908 French short silent Christmas film by Georges Méliès, which is now presumed lost. The film, combining American ideas about Santa...

A short documentary film released in France.

Lost film, one of several adaptation of Shakespeare's play from the silent era. Do not confuse with Mario Caserini's version, released in May of the...