Seznam filmů 1905
Créations renversantes
A trick film using the reverse effect.
L'Honneur d'un père
A young woman receives a message, and hurriedly leaves home. But the message was a trick to lure her into a trap, where she is assaulted and killed. When her body is found floating in the river, it is brought …
Le vrai jiu-jitsu
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 …
How Jones Lost His Roll
Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to dinner, and serves him a large meal with plenty of wine. After dinner, …
The Little Train Robbery
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.
Questions indiscrètes
Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.
Le coq dressé de Cook et Rilly
An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.
Procession of Elephants with Howdahs - India
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
Au pays noir
A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this depicts a Mormon man trying to get his wives and children settled down for the …
Grandma Despina
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reason, the first shot made in Macedonia, …
L'Anatomie du conscrit
Polin performs a song.
La charité du prestidigitateur
A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.
The Bricklayers
Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.
Le diable noir
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
Boys' Home in Ahmednagar
What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
L'Antre infernal
In the caves of hell, Satan stokes the eternal flames and evokes the souls of the damned, whom he turns to dust and plunges into the infernal depths.
Svadba vo Bitola
Early Balkan footage.
Parada na turska artilerija
Early Balkan footage.
Represalii vrz makedonsko naselenie
The Manaki brothers document the hanged bodies in a town square, post-Ilinden Uprising; The disheartened mill about. The men were likely killed by Muslims loyal to the ruling Ottoman Empire in attempts to quash Macedonian support for Adrianople and greater …
Veterinarna stanica
Early Balkan footage.
Au bagne
At an island penal institution, new prisoners are brought in one-by-one, and introduced to the harsh realities of prison life. They are put in fetters, sent to perform hard physical labor, and treated brutally. One convict manages to cut through …
Dingjun Mountain
Directed by Ren Jingfeng.
Rêve à la lune
A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth. When he wakes, still drunk, he is in his apartment.
Le Dirigeable fantastique
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
La Légende de Rip Van Winkle
The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.
The White Caps
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and then proceeds to abuse his wife both verbally and physically. …
The Kleptomaniac
A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a …