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A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.
Magic Bricks
A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.
The Wandering Jew
The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive...
Scenes on Every Floor
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...
The Strike
A high board fence is shown covered with theatrical posters. The one in the center shows the head and shoulders of a pretty girl. An old farmer and...
Kiss Me!
A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.
Railroad Smashup
Frenchman Count Hardup advertises for a wife. He gets more than he bargained for when women start chasing him. He's caught by an old maid.
Meet Me at the Fountain
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
The Cook in Trouble
Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
Faust and Marguerite
A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.
The Devilish Plank
1904 journalistic actuality.
Reception of His Majesty Alfonso XIII in Barcelona
Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.
Trotting Match at Springfield Park, Wigan
Arrival of the management and staff of the Koninklijk Nederlands Circus Oscar Carré at Amsterdam’s Weesperpoort Station. The train...
Arrival of the Circus Carré
A damp and murky day greets the annual Whitsuntide Catholic procession in Edwardian Manchester.
Manchester Catholics Whitsuntide Procession
A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...
The Clockmaker's Dream
A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
Footage of spectators at the Friedenau velodrome in Berlin, dating from 1904. Several spectators, including a woman, are standing in front of a...
Auf der Radrennbahn in Friedenau
Opens with a European-American woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with...
Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers