Most Viewed Year 1903 - 12

Shows ceremonies and Mayor Low accepting the new bridge in behalf of Greater New York.

A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers. The first...

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

In September 1903 the ferry line between Gedser in Denmark and Warnemünde in Germany was opened. The images are from the opening of the route...

Produced by Sociéte A. Lumière (1400)

A lady dances the tango.

Made in 1903, Eccentric Waltz showcases an exhibition by dancers Boldoni and Solinski, residents at the famous Eldorado cabaret in the Boulevard de...

Elephant parade organized by Lord Curzon.

Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th...

Close-up of a hand doing magic tricks with coins. Directed by Alf Collins.

Produced by the Charles Urban Trading Company

The films shows the arrival of a group from the British court in Tehran from the streets to the palace, in order to gift the Order of Garter to...

Staging of a song by Miguel F. López.

Siegmund Lubin's 1903 film illustrating The Outcast and the Bride survives and is the only vestige of Lubin's myriad attempts at coordinating sound...

A man and his wife are seated at a table in their happy New Jersey home. A huge mosquito appears and buzzes about their heads. The man seizes a broom...

Shows an old house in the background with one window with the shutters closed. A bill poster comes along and puts up a poster advertising a burlesque...

One of many early silent films depicting young black men eating watermelon. This one involves a competition.

Merrymakers at Luna Park, Coney Island enjoying a ride on the famous camel, "Holy Moses."

Six scenes: A child knocks clothes into fire; alarm at station; engines emerge; engines rush down street; arrival; fireman breaks through wall and...

Firemen are awakened by an alarm, drive through London and rescue fire victims.