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...

Some cowboys of the Wild West Show saddle bronchos not without difficulties.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

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

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

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

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

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

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

A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.

A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

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

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...

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

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.

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.

View of the exit of the "La Sin Bombo" cigarette and tobacco factory, one of the oldest in Argentina. Employers, workers and workers. At the end a...