annos singulos 1908 - 24

Topical actuality documenting the aftermath of the Lisbon Regicide on 1 February 1908, when King Carlos I of Portugal and Crown Prince Luís Filipe were assassinated in Lisbon. The film would have shown funeral processions, national mourning, or reconstructed scenes, circulated internationally as part of Pathé’s newsreel-style series. Preserved in Sweden’s 1908 film catalog, it represents one of the earliest cinematic records of a European royal assassination.

Actuality coverage of the London 1908 Olympic Games, issued by Pathé and released in Sweden as Olympiska spelen i London 1908. The reel includes ceremonial scenes in the royal box and events at the White City Stadium. The Games were officially opened by King Edward VII on 13 July 1908, and surviving Pathé footage shows the royal arrival and stands alongside athletics highlights.

This richly colored picture revives an interesting incident in French history and shows us some of the famous events connected with the overthrow of the power of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. (MPW Vol.4 Num.16)

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

A woman buys a dog, loses the dog and then sets up a reward for that dog.

Four sturdy moving men are busy at work taking down huge cupboards, trunks, beds, etc., and are feeling very hot and thirsty, when all at once the lid of a badly fastened basket giving way, they discover a snug nest of bottles of wine.

Typical story where the father (a farmer) of a beautiful girl desires a wealthy man as a son-in-law and rejects her poor but honest suitor.

A lost newsreel with a self-evident title. One of the first films made on the territory of modern Belarus.

A little girl, who is preparing to receive her first holy communion, is seen leaving the church with the rest of her companions and starting home with her nurse maid. She being of a jovial disposition, we see her rolling a hoop, skipping rope and romping until she is completely exhausted. Coming to a spring in the park, she stops and bathes her head in the cold water, and not being physically capable of withstanding the shock, she contracts a cold. By the time the maid gets her home she is extremely ill, and her mother puts her to bed and sends for a doctor, who, upon arriving, prescribes and pronounces her case as serious. The little sufferer is compelled to remain in bed for days, and when the time comes for her to go to her first communion she is unable to attend.

Precious footage of the 1908 Olympics shows the main venue, White City Stadium, with brief glimpses of pole vaulting, gymnastics, high jump, swimming, throwing the discus, tug of war and women’s archery.

Early swedish film.

Travelogue about the Peak Tram in Hong Kong. A journey with this funicular from the top to the end point, the city below. The camera is in front of the tram, so that only the rails and the landscape are visible, and the effect of a roller coaster is created.

Market in Jonkoping

Cityscapes of Kalmar and Sölvesborg

Elephants at work in Burma.

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 1908 short film