The best movies 1904

A prefect is converted to Christianity and dies in the arena with his lover.

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

Boy swimmers upset a bench and throw lovers into a stream.

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street...

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

The only known film footage of Marcel Proust (identified by Canadian professor Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan around 100 years after the shooting of the...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.

1904 journalistic actuality.

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive...

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.

View of the exit of the "La Sin Bombo" cigarette and tobacco factory, one of the oldest in Argentina. Employers, workers and workers. At the end a...