1909 Movies

The earthquake that, on December 28, 1908, destroyed Messina and Reggio Calabria attracted droves of camera operators. We are uncertain of the identit...

A portrait of the French city of Lourdes.

From the opening of the Bergen Railway in 1909 with King Haakon. We follow the train along the track up to Höfjellet with stops at various stations, i...

A tour of central London locations, including Whitehall and Trafalgar Square. An important document for Edwardian London.

Max at an evening party takes a necklace from one of the guests and makes good his escape. The guests and the police set out in pursuit but Max employ...

Lost silent short and the very first film Ernest Bošnjak made. The film shows a group of dancing girls near Capitol park (Županijski park) in Sombor.

A true story of ante-Rebellion days.

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

An early Miyamoto Musashi silent short film

A whale is hunted in the southern hemisphere by the crew of a sailing ship: it is harpooned twice, using a cannon, and taken back to the shore. In the...

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...

The scene is laid at the White House, the President's home. Looking down the broad avenue are seen two autos approaching it with great haste. One stop...

The story concerns Lola Gonzales, a Spanish dancing girl, who falls in love with "Bud" Wilson, foreman of the Circle A ranch.

The Black Sheep is a 1909 drama

Another version of the Momotarô legend.

Early japanese horror film from 1909. From the 1759 kabuki play, in which Kiyo-hime transforms into a giant serpent.

German film released in 1909.

Short documentary film on the beauty contest of children held at Torino. Some sequences are used in Peter Delpeut's Lyrisch nitraat.