Aasta 1908 - 23

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 countries. In this picture we see the black race in their own land and have an opportunity of studying their peculiar ways at close range. We see the natives unloading the boats and carrying the merchandise to the shore on their heads. The grain is heaped up and they sort it and make their flour by breaking the grain between two stones. They are seen weaving rugs, the men at work washing the clothes, and the women attending to their duties of cooking and feeding the little ones. We see the Pacha going among the poor and distributing food to the unfortunates, who clamor for it like hungry wolves. Lastly, there is a fête on the public square, and the girls are dancing the native dances, while the men sit around and gamble

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 the box in which the wonderful apparatus is encased. The first picture Hire shows him in the laboratory after completing the machine, and when he turns the crank the girls who have been assisting him start to work with lightning rapidity and disappear from the room like a shot out of a gun.

A young beggar girl and her aged mother are tramping along the road when a motor car passing swiftly by knocks down the older woman just in front of the gates of a fine castle. The poor beggar girl, at the sight of her dead mother, calls for help, and her cries of despair are heard by the residents of the castle, who, being kind-hearted people, take the young girl away from the body of her dead mother, although the poor orphan fights desperately to remain besides what was once all the world to her.

A quartet are making merry at a feast, and one of them is so full of liquor that he falls from his chair. At this his companions conceive, a clever plan for some fun. Taking a white fur suit from a wardrobe, they put him into it, and finishing the outfit with heavy white gloves and fitting a hollow bear head tightly over his own, they turn him out of the house resembling an intoxicated Polar Bruin.

When the father of high-born son refuses to let him marry the beautiful seafood seller, she and her brothers determine on a grisly vengeance.

A woman gets a dog from the pound. But her husband, jealous that the dog is getting so much attention, pays a man on the street to steal the dog. The women put a reward which attracts the attention of the thief.

Short reportage

Short reportage

Early sound short from Deutsche Bioscop GmbH.

German Tonbild.

The beauty of the rose unfolds in all its aspects. A wonderful example of the virtuoso techniques of coloring, such as stencil coloring, in early cinema.

1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.

Recording of the voice of an African man.

Footage of a Milan carneval in 1908

Although it is very near Christmas, when everybody should rejoice, a sailor bound for a dangerous expedition takes leave of his wife, and the poor woman is seen following with dim eyes the departing ship, her heart apparently heavy with grief. After having cried and prayed on a cross, the grass-widow returns to the farm to resume her duties and takes a sack of wheat to the next mill. The miller, knowing of the sailor's departure, and finding the lass very agreeable and charming, after having seen to the wheat bag, gives his whole attention to the young woman, and he does not seem to mind very much the clumsy advances made by the workingman. They part after a rather excited confab, and have evidently made an appointment for the evening at the church, for it is a Christmas celebration. We follow the two young people in the chapel, then to a bonfire dance, and lastly we see them both driving away in a country cart.

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 the children around her.

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

Compilation of actuality footage and short films capturing public and royal scenes from the life of King Oscar II of Sweden — including arrival at Expositions, jubilees, parades, naval activities, and official receptions. Serves as a visual tribute following his death.

Traveling by boat to film Copenhagen from a different angle.