1909 Movies

An early Miyamoto Musashi silent short film

Selkirk does its Border traditions proud with a cavalcade of riders and a herculean feat of banner waving.

A French short comedy about a comic arrest.

In the vaults of the Film Museum is a short film which, when it arrived in the 1950s, was given the title Bloemenvelden in Haarlem (The Flower Fields...

According to Harper's Bazaar (8 March 1884),the Montreal Winter Carnival was founded as a means of promoting tourism to the country, aiming “to show...

The first film vision of another seminal Japanese folk legend. Momotarô, the boy who was conceived when his elderly parents ate a magic peach and were...

A romanced version of the apparitions of Mary at Lourdes in 1856.

A walk through the streets, buildings and gardens of Rio de Janeiro, including high waves and tides advancing into the roads.

A boy finds a kaleidoscope on the street and uses it as an opportunity to charge bystanders to look through it.

An interest film about a Paris nursery.

African animals, including a lookout monkey, await with trepidation the arrival of big-game hunter Theodore Roosevelt.

Celebrations for the consecration and inauguration of the Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on Dece...

A man reads the story of William Tell and sets out to emulate his feats.

A Tale of the West

Bud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as the...

A caring stranger tries to help the child of a chronic drunkard.

Made by the Gaumont Cinematograph Company of the Politeama Theatre.

Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India. Hanging the dagge...