1908 Movies

In a corral, a cowboy tries to tame a horse.

Early Brazilian silent film documenting the 1908 Carnival in Rio.

A recording of a trip on the Kinda Canal in Sweden, going from Linköping to Alvastra.

A kabuki scene starring actors Ichikawa Udanji an Uchikawa Unosuke.

Journey of a camel caravan encountering a tribe of Bicharyn Arabs who perform and offer a glimpse of their children.

Brussels in the Belle Epoque, recorced on film in a straightforward way. Camera work and editing are purely functional. The film observes busy everyda...

It is the only known surviving film footage from the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker-sponsored expedition to record American Indian life in the west, filmed and...

The oldest surviving Polish film, Pruska Kultura depicts the persecution of Poles under Prussian Germanisation, drawing on events such as the 1901 Wrz...

Acting on the Darwin theory, that man descended from a monkey, a scientist experiments towards turning man back to the monkey stage. He inoculates a n...

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...

Young woman is taken to the faitytale kingdom where gold coins are made.

Saphora, a noble Roman patrician, falls for the commoner Marcus, but his heart belongs to Lydia. Jealous of their love, Saphora has Lydia imprisoned i...

In this interesting little drama we are brought in contact with a man who is one of the highly respected citizens of a little mountain village, while...

A 1908 short film

German Tonbild.

Film about an inventor going wild

A young Spaniard treats his wife with utter indifference, and, leaving her heartbroken, goes to the woman whom he has placed before her in his affecti...

Cityscapes of Kalmar and Sölvesborg

Images of Gotland

After an altercation two men exchange cards, an invitation to adjudicate their differences on the field of honor. The seconds make all arrangements an...