Most Viewed Year 1908 - 25

“A musician is given an invitation to a party, but finds that he has no dress suit to wear. He visits a friend, an artist, to see if he can...

A beggar steals money from a farmer, but is stopped by a Saint Bernard dog.

Travelogue about the Peak Tram in Hong Kong. A journey with this funicular from the top to the end point, the city below. The camera is in front of...

Images of Gotland

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...

A young beggar girl and her aged mother are tramping along the road when a motor car passing swiftly by knocks down the older woman just in front of...

A raffle booth at a country fair is shown, at which live stock is being drawn for, in full operation. The good, folk gathered about hold numbers and...

When the father of high-born son refuses to let him marry the beautiful seafood seller, she and her brothers determine on a grisly vengeance.

A woman gets a dog from the pound. But her husband, jealous that the dog is getting so much attention, pays a man on the street to steal the dog. The...

Cited as "the first silent vampire film", it is actually a pirate film and has nothing to do with vampires.

Sigmund Liban sings forty second from the prologue to PAGLIACCI in this early sound film.

Only the visual elements are known to survive from this 1908 recording of a duet from Franz von Suppe's early one-act operetta. As is usual with...

A newly-hired housekeeper turns out to be too clumsy and stupid to do her job.

Policemen singing a song.

Shots of Morocco, including a harbour town with a fortress.

Travelling through Swedish Lappland, exploring the Northen Light, a Sami village, and the nature of Abisko National Park.

Traditional Swedish dances are performed.

Actuality segment showing King Gustaf V’s visit to Ystad on 10 July 1908. Footage includes his arrival in a landau with white horses,...

Actuality film showing King Gustaf V of Sweden and Queen Victoria (of Baden) on a visit to Berlin. Scenes likely include public ceremonies, military...