1908 Movies

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

Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.

Short reportage

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director in this film is unknown.

A humorous film about a dancer

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and the A...

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

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

Early Balkan footage.

The outlawed Earl of Huntington took to the woods, as we say in America, and with his merry archers had a good time in Sherwood Forest with winsome Ma...

Short reportage

A gang of outlaws are planning a bank robbery. After making preparations, they commit the robbery and make their escape amidst a sharp exchange of bul...

Kinemacolor

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

Footage of the Mainz carnival procession.

A day in the life of a Stockholm drifter.

French silent short film by Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.