The Night Before Christmas 1905
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
ປີ 1905
The Black Imp 1905
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship 1905
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
The Capture of Roma 1905
The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.
Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu 1905
Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Dranem, who was then filmed "lip singing". Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
An Adventurous Automobile Trip 1905
A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.
Flight of the Large Blue Fly 1905
Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.
Rescued by Rover 1905
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus 1905
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.
New York Subway 1905
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.
The Palace of the Arabian Nights 1905
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly scholars) encounter skeletons, fire-breathing lizards, and mirages on their journey through the lower world.
The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola 1905
Early Balkan footage.
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog 1905
A portrait of the Dam family.
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola 1905
Balkan actuality.
Coney Island at Night 1905
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise 1905
A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.
The Little Train Robbery 1905
In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.
The Hairdresser 1905
A partially nude woman fixes and brushes her hair.
Loïe Fuller 1905
This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mesmerising with the skirt stunningly changing colour throughout the film.
