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1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
On the Meron Esplanade
A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.
An Obstacle Course
Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)...
The Story of the Kelly Gang
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he...
The Merry Frolics of Satan
An artist watches as musical instruments come to life and St. Cecile appears. Segundo de Chomón's as director is speculative.
Hallucination musicale
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Adventures of a peasant who comes to town wearing a magnificent top hat, which an unfortunate gust of wind throws onto the riverbank, into a crane,...
The Stormy Winds Do Blow
A young peasant leaves his cottage after a quarrel with his wife, and meets a witch. She takes him to a cavern, where after a series of encounters...
The Bewitched Shepherd
A young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and killed.
The Automobile Thieves
Jeux olympiques d’Athènes depicts events at the 1906 Athens Olympics (or Intercalated Games), the first of the Games known to be filmed.
Olympic Games in Athens
A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by...
From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
Tit-for-Tat
Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are...
San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
Short film showcasing a circus clown act.
The Riderless Bicycle
On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them...
The Troubadour
An aria from Daniel Auber's comic opera on phonograph accompanies the images on screen.
Fra Diavolo
A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.
Electric Current
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
The Hilarious Posters
An old man, bell ringer at Notre Dame de Paris, disowns his daughter who has an affair with a young frivolous gentleman.
The Bell Ringer's Daughter
Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of...
A Winter Straw Ride