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1905
Scenes at Creusot's Steel Foundry
An actuality which chronicles how a load of ore becomes a finished steel product at a Bess…
She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All
A woman who hides her money in her stocking, only to be robbed of it.
1905
Siege and Surrender of Port Arthur
British documentary short released in 1905.
Spirit of '76
This short film, done by The American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, shows the historical l…
St. Patrick's Day Parade, Lowell, Mass.
Lowell, Massachusetts: a stationary camera records the St. Patrick's Day parade on a muddy…
Stop Thief!
In order to photograph this film, the cameraman placed his equipment on a broad sidewalk i…
Story of Christ
Story of the life of Christ. Includes, among other scenes, the Nativity; Jesus driving the…
1905
Surgical Operation
A team of surgeons open a patient's stomach and discover a surprising variety of objects.
Teasing
The cameraman photographed over the right shoulder of a young woman reclining on a couch w…
The Barnstormers
A low-rent traveling theater troupe performs a very bad version of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Th…
The Boarding School Girls
The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.
The Broker's Athletic Typewriter
Boss insists on pawing secretary. She teaches him a lesson.
1905
The Burglar's Slide for Life
A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in…
The Counterfeiters
The story of a group of counterfeiters, caught, and then escaping from prison.
The Great Jewel Mystery
A group of thieves are building a fake coffin as part of a plan to steal a jewel case fill…
1905
The Kleptomaniac
A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she…
1905
The Life of an American Policeman
A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work…
1905
The Little Train Robbery
In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandit…
1905
The Miller’s Daughter
Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. He…
1905
The Mutiny on the Potemkin
Mutiny on a Russian Battleship.
1905
The Night Before Christmas
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journ…
1905
The Nihilist
A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His dist…
1905
The Seven Ages
A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stag…
The Society Raffles
A man in black tie and tails enters a high-society parlor where a settee sits beneath an o…
The Summer Boarders
A city family goes to the shore for a vacation, but everything goes wrong.
1905
The Train Wreckers
A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by tra…
1905
The Watermelon Patch
Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.
1905
The White Caps
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's…
1905
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
A portrait of the Dam family.
1905
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Based loosely on the once-popular nursery rhyme. A fair is in progress, with refreshments,…
TR's inaugural ceremony, 1905
On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. with much celebration and fanfare.…
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1905
TR's inauguration, 1905. [No. 1]
Various shots around Washington, D.C., on Roosevelt's 1905 inauguration, March 4th. View o…
Woman with uncontrollable arm
1905 actuality film, director unknown, preserved by the Library of Congress. Also appears…
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all,…