1903 Movies

A pretty domestic scene showing the proud father, with the assistance of the nurse and doctor, tying the little one in a towel and weighing it with a spring scale.

"An animated game of craps is proceeding on the levee, a crowd of young darkies [sic] being engaged in the engrossing pursuit of '7 come 11.' Apparently they have no eyes for anything but the game. An unfortunate stray chicken, however, comes that way and appe...

Girl dreams of Dick Whittington, Robinson Crusoe, Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Red Riding Hood.

We see a man sporting a derby hat and walrus moustache hang a mail sack on one of those poles that stand beside a railway track followed by a second shot of the sack being snatched up by a passing train which also jettisons another sack onto the ground as it p...

Film of a royal visit to Ireland, by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion"

A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers. The first officer on the scene climbs the fence, enters the house, and is soon fighting with the thief on the roof. Falling...

Young boys do naval exercises on board a ship.

Produced by Sociéte A. Lumière and sons

Here, on Grand Trunk's main line between Canada and the US, one of Biograph's early production crews rode the pilot of a locomotive from Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, MI. The film features a view of the illuminated interior of Sarnia's St. Clair Tunnel and a...

A husband walks out on his wife, leaving an incriminating letter behind. She hires a detective, who discovers the husband in a compromising position with another woman.

From the fairground Theater Morieux.

A comic cops and robbers chase, featuring The Omers, a prominent family of acrobats and vaudeville performers known for their high-energy tumbling and "risley" acts (foot-juggling). The Pathé company released two versions of the film, catalogued 647 and 648, o...

This one shows the wagon that collected mail sacks from a streetcar in Washington pulling up besides a railroad mail car before reversing up to it.

Firefighter exercises.

Close-up of a hand doing magic tricks with coins. Directed by Alf Collins.

“Squirrel in a Cage” shows footage of two squirrels in a small cage.

Silent film.

The film begins across the street from some young boys who are lined up against a curbing eating spaghetti or macaroni. The only other action occurs when a small child runs across the picture and is yanked out of camera sight by someone. Naples, Italy.

Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.

Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. The dancers wear rather formal attire, with the men in dark suits and black tie and the wome...