The best movies 1904

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

Boy swimmers upset a bench and throw lovers into a stream.

Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

A damp and murky day greets the annual Whitsuntide Catholic procession in Edwardian Manchester.

The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive...

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

The only known film footage of Marcel Proust (identified by Canadian professor Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan around 100 years after the shooting of the...

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.

1904 journalistic actuality.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street...

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...

A singing "baby" backed by a chorus line of fellow "babies".

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

A prefect is converted to Christianity and dies in the arena with his lover.

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.