1903 Movies

Footage of the 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, showing uniformed players in action along with views of the spectators in the stadium and surrounding stands. A rare early motion-picture record of American col...

Film depicting the killing of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

A beautiful panoramic view of lower New York from Barclay Street to Battery Park, showing a beautiful stereoscopic effect of the sky-scrapers in the business section of the city.

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted well-known dancers, who start their favorite dance amidst the flames.

Exotic street scene with men riding camels.

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

The King's first visit to Ireland's second city - where he unveils Belfast's iconic Queen Victoria statue.

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.

Panorama of the port of Algiers.

A group of Jewish men in Ottoman Jerusalem perform a dance.

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the crawling creatures thus revealed aren't quite what one might expect. Parody of 'The Unseen World: The Urban-Dunca...

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge parties, singly and in groups, sliding past the camera.