1903 Movies

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an ever-changing aspect.

Edwardian holidaymakers throng to the attractions at Lancashire's premier seaside resort.

The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are accompanied by the farmer and his assistants, and followed by a bevy of charmingly picturesque Swiss milkmaids carrying...

A porter is endeavoring to clean the windows of a store, when a rather stout lady begins to shake rugs from a window higher up. The porter is annoyed at this, and seizing the rug, gives it a tremendous pull, dragging the lady from the second story window to th...

This film, one in a seemingly endless series of films made by American Mutoscope & Biograph for the United States Post Office, stands out by virtue of the fact that it comes across as a little slice of Americana circa 1903. We have white picket fences in front...

This is a dandy, but is only one of the many performances of Mr. Walter Stanton, a natural born comedian. You see a little Bantam Rooster pitted against a supposed bird fully as large as an ordinary man. They fight all around a pit, but the little fellow is vi...

A young pastry cook is taking a cream cake to a customer, but on the way he places his basket on a seat to have a game of marbles with a telegraph boy. A chimney-sweep then comes and joins in the game. The telegraph boy having lost all, gives up the game, leav...

The camera was placed to encompass a set of the backstage dressing room of a burlesque show. There are three chorus girls and one featured dancer in the dressing room as the film starts. A man in evening attire, accompanied by a waiter with a tray, several gla...

Shows a number of young men and women playing leap-frog. The men stoop over and the girls jump upon their backs and are bounced until they fall off. The young men then line up in a row for a novel race. Each man picks up the girl in front of him and run into t...

This interesting picture was taken just after the great fire on November 1, 1903. It shows the ruins of the entire upper and lower portion of the Bowery. The film ends by bringing into view a large number of men pulling down the dangerous and tottering walls.

Part of Charles Urban’s Unseen World programme (1903),this microcinematographic short begins with a frog swimming in a tank, then focuses on its webbed foot. The final section reveals a magnified view—about 500×—of blood coursing through the tiny veins, offer...

A remarkable exhibition by Gus Keller, novelty bag puncher of the New Polo Athletic Association. In seven scenes with dissolving effects. A. Single, B. Knee, C. Floor, D. Double, E. Aerial, F. Triple, G. Double Floor.

Shows ceremonies and Mayor Low accepting the new bridge in behalf of Greater New York.

It shows a postman ascending a flight of half-dozen stairs to the front door of a house and ringing its bell then delivering mail to the person who answers the door.

Shows a number of boys bathing in a fountain on the East Side. While they are at the height of their amusement, which consists of splashing the bystanders and swimming around, a policeman suddenly appears.