Most Viewed Year 1908 - 21

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

A serpentine dancer is bathed in alternating hand-colored frames underneath an elaborate archway.

“A musician is given an invitation to a party, but finds that he has no dress suit to wear. He visits a friend, an artist, to see if he can...

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

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...

Yannic, the farmer, falls asleep at the foot of the enchanted Dolmen despite his friends' recommendations, and is soon prey to the most fantastic...

1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost. Though the plot of the film is unknown, it may have...

A very wise inventor has perfected an electric device whereby he can control the velocity of everything in sight when he turns the crank attached to...

This French film isn't that well known today but it will mainly appeal to those film buffs with a thing for early cinema or those wanting to see some...

After a fight in the forest against customs officers, one of the smugglers is denied of his share of the profits and thrown away. Making his way into...

A posse forms to track down a band of cattle rustlers after a rancher offers $500 reward for their capture.

One of the most popular of all Japan folk-tales is the famous undersea myth of Urashima Taro, the fisherman who is taken by a turtle to an underwater...

Here is seen an old miser preparing for bed, but before retiring he counts his money and hides it under his mattress. He is just dropping off to...

Short reportage

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

The hero, who fancies himself a ladies' man, cannot resist winking at every comely lass who passes his way. Unfortunately, he winks once too often,...

Precious footage of the 1908 Olympics shows the main venue, White City Stadium, with brief glimpses of pole vaulting, gymnastics, high jump,...

Recording of the voice of an African man.