1908 Movies

A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.

Silent film from Georges Méliés. It is presumed to be lost.

Mountain climbing in the Black Forest. No main title. Three men roped together climb up a cliff face. They reach the top of the large rock and wave. T...

"The angel in this film is a little girl who is struggling hard to keep alive her old mother, who is lying ill on a pile of rags. She tries in various...

Here's something a little lighter than usual from the series of three-minute musical shorts produced in Germany from 1906 to. 1910 - twenty years befo...

A thief hides inside a huge fake crocodile and crawls away, creating fear wherever he goes.

Pictures of travel in such places as the Orient and the black continent are always sure to be interesting, for not many of us have sojourned in these...

A submarine coming into port is seen gliding smoothly on the water and the little rowboat which is to bring the captain of the vessel to his post is s...

A drunk dreams that he is carried off to Hell.

Funeral Pomps of Admirals Saldanha and Barroso; tribute from the Brazilian Navy. Views "of the Avenue, full of people"; "army and armada officers, lad...

An art student inherits a sum of money and has his fellow students over to celebrate. Chaos ensues.

A short documentary film released in France.

A performer lipsync sings “La Donna e Mobile” from the opera Rigoletto.

Recording of the voice of an African man.

"Lejonjakten" is one of five films (three of which are now lost) that were made by students at the University of Lund, Sweden, as a part of their 1908...

Shots of Morocco, including a harbour town with a fortress.

“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a number of c...

International Workers' Day and the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde. May Day demonstration and flower procession in Kristianstad and the Ro...

A workers meeting with folks showing the popular attires of the time.