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TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, there are...
TR speaking in Panama, November 1906
Lost short film
Les Deux Gosses
A gentleman visits a hair consultant for his baldness problems. The latter recommends a new lotion. The gentleman lets himself be convinced and a...
Man Monkey
17th of May celebrations in Norway.
17th of May in Norway
An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
The proclamation was performed on 30 January 1906 by Prime Minister Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930). At age 63, Frederik finally became king....
King Frederik VIII's Proclamation
It was traditional for picture house screenings to begin with a short welcoming sketch, this one featured Lydia De Robertis writing Good Evening on a...
Buona sera signorina Bonelli!
Rauschlied aus "Künstlerblut" Tonbild mit Alexander Girardi
Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née...
Orpheus and Eurydice
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
The Hilarious Posters
1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
A Cloudy Sea and a Setting Sun
A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.
A Lively Quarter Day
The shift of the crown was paralleled by a new epoch of cinema in Denmark. Peter Elfelt had been the dominant figure in early Danish film. After some...
The Proclamation of King Frederik VIII
Dance from the Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Choreography by August Bournonville, 1865. Performed by Valborg...
The Gypsy Dance from the Opera 'Il Trovatore'
Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)
The Life Guards on Amager
Newsreel covering the visit of Sweden’s King Oscar II in the city of Kristianstad in September 1906.
The Reception of King Oscar in Kristianstad
Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.
Is Spiritualism a Fraud? – The Medium Exposed
A short documentary based on Wilhelm Voigt.
The Captain of Köpenick
La Porteuse de pain
Adventures of a peasant who comes to town wearing a magnificent top hat, which an unfortunate gust of wind throws onto the riverbank, into a crane,...
The Stormy Winds Do Blow