Most Viewed Year 1905

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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.

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...

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...

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

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...

Martyrs of the Inquisition

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...

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...

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.

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...

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to...

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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...