1905 Movies

The Manaki brothers, from Avdella Grevenon, shot the first film of the Balkans, the famous "Weavers", in 1905. The protagonist of their first and short film was their grandmother Loukia Manaki, aged 114, who spun wool and wove on the loom.

Early Balkan footage.

A man dancing at a party finds one of his socks has fallen down. Retreating where no one can see him, he removes the offending item. the consequences are not long in coming in this very short -- two minutes -- comedy from Alice Guy.

Experiment in animation: birds flying.

A mass gathering of people.

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

A fisherman has taken a comfortable position on the bank of a river; he has thrown his line into the water to see what good fortune awaits him. But the heat is so intense that he becomes drowsy, and finally he is lulled to sleep by the murmur of the gently flo...

Another magic short of Méliès.

The parade of Serbian army in Macedonian town.

A group of dancing people.

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

The camera is high above Manhattan near the top of the Times Building, pointing down.

A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.

Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.

A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.

A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.

Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

Early Balkan footage.