1908 Movies

In this picture we anticipate the probable means of navigation in the coming century. A young lady and a friend are observed entering an air-ship. The vehicle is loaded with ballast, sand bags, vegetables, etc., the passengers carrying spy-glasses. They laugh...

A bungling bumpkin fails at a number of jobs in this slapstick comedy - before he finds his true calling.

A cine-camera placed on the front side of a tram films the left bank communication under Letná. The tram passes by a cable way station to Letná. Is crossing through the Čech's Bridge. On the right bank side we see construction site on a place where stands Facu...

When his wife dies, knight Svend Dyring gets married to noble Mrs. Guldborg. Little does the good knight know that Mrs. Guldborg is in fact pure evil, and that she and her daughter Ragnhild torment the knight’s children when he’s not home. One day, when Svend...

A dastardly woman carries out a con scheme in which she hypnotizes an unsuspecting gentleman, takes off her clothes, and steals his wallet.

A woman goes for a walk. She is wearing the latest fashion, a pencil skirt. She bumps into a cyclist who is chasing her. Before long, she is chased by a large group of people who throw stones at her. As she runs, the woman is hampered by her clothes, which are...

Documentary short showing recovery footage of a boat accident in Göta älv.

Women are as good as men. They are even better than men. Thus a crowd of common women are making speeches, and drunk with their own words and getting up to battle pitch, they start forth into the street armed with banners rapidly made and screaming revolutiona...

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director in this film is unknown.

An art student inherits a sum of money and has his fellow students over to celebrate. Chaos ensues.

Short reportage

Created by the young but obviously ambitious French production company Lux Film, founded just two years before by pioneer Henri Joly. The film was released in the United States with the title Love and Fortune, in a version which sought to mellow the character...

In this interesting picture we are given a vivid idea of the principal incidents connected with the Dreyfus case, which caused such a stir in military circles in the year of 1894. Alfred Dreyfus, an officer on the general staff, was charged with selling secret...

A doctor kills himself so his insurance will save his daughter's husband from jail.

It’s the day of the barber’s baby’s christening, and the guests start arriving with their flowers and gifts, dropping them off while the barber is still trying to see to his last customer. As it’s taking a while, the wet-nurse is asked to take the baby on a sh...

"Accident dans les Alpes" is a documentary about alpinism. It was produced in 1908.

A young cartwright’s daughter is courted by a wealthy man and leaves her family home for a life of comfort. After her departure, her mother falls gravely ill; the surviving print is incomplete.

During an effort to repair a horse carriage a boy grabs the wheel and gives it a push down the hill and towards the city. The wheel turns and turns and causes one accident after the other until everybody runs after it to stop the mayhem. Bizzarrie di una ruota...

Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund.