سال 1908 - 25

Elephants at work in Burma.

Short film from 1908

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.

In this picture we see how the artists engaged to pose for the pictures make the scene so realistic that they get themselves into all kinds of trouble in the city where people are not familiar with their mode of doing things. The first picture shows the camera set to take a picture of a tragic hold-up. The manager gets the people in position, and when they are ready, a woman and girl are seen walking along the street, when three men spring out from behind a wall, and, after stabbing them, go through their pockets, relieving them of all their valuables.

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.

Originally it was called White City because when it opened, all the buildings were painted white. It was a fairgrounds, intended to celebrate the 1904 Entente Cordiale between France and Great Britain, that would, a decade later, leading to the unbreakable web of alliances that would cause the First World War.

The film documents the course of events taking place during the Sokol Festival Gathering of the North-Bohemian District held in the town of Prostějov. We can see the busy square and the adjacent streets, a parade marching through the town, and parts of individual exercise pieces performed near the Prostějov Sokol hall.

Short reportage

Silent film footage from late Qing dynasty China, depicting everyday scenes.

A masher approaches a lady on the street who is elegantly dressed, but when he gets near enough to see her face he changes his mind so suddenly that he is glad to get away. The ugly woman passes on, however, and on reaching the store of a beauty doctor, decides to step in. The M.D. promises her complete satisfaction and gets busy promptly. First he subjects her mud-colored marcelled hair to a treatment, and in a little while she has beautiful raven-black hair. He massages her face and removes all dermatological defects, and finally gets to work on her teeth; in a few more seconds the woman emerges from the place a fine specimen of natural brunette beauty, with teeth like so many pearls. This time when she meets a gentleman on the street he promptly offers his arm.

French film.

Film about an inventor going wild

A mischievous boy steals the calf's head from a drunk man, who has been sent by his wife to buy it. The boy then places the ruminant's head on the man's shoulders.

1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.

In this screaming comic is shown the amount of mischief that can be accomplished by one small boy. (Moving Picture World synopsis.)

Documentary short showing traditional marriage celebration in rural France.

A man picks up a man in drag. Short Italian comedy from 1908.

A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.

Traveling by boat to film Copenhagen from a different angle.