1908 Movies

We can see the children of the director playing and dancing, obviously getting told what to do while it happens, and later on his wife knitting with t...

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...

Mr. Nearbright is busily engaged writing; consults his watch. His wife, accompanied by her "Ma" enters, attired for a journey, carrying small satchels...

A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but r...

The Magistrate's Conscience - A drama from Pathé Frères.

Peter Elfelt filming fashion.

King Frederik VIII visiting Jylland, arriving by train before traveling into town.

On a dock, men and women are bustling about. The fish is unloaded and brought to the covered market. The fish merchants gut the fish with dexterity, b...

Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.

A young man, crazy about motorcycles, buys an Ellehammer and drives it out of the store at wild speed. During his unruly driving, he knocks over sever...

Released the same week than Selig's version, they both were the first film versions of the popular play, adapted from Ellen Wood's 1861 novel.

Short reportage

De Chomon film from 1908. Existing film is incomplete in length.

An early account of Marat's murder, and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Charlotte Corday.