Most Viewed Year 1906 - 5

A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction...

A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

In all likeliness an inspiration for Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909), Terrible Anguish tells the brief and tragic tale of a family being torn...

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

French silent film by Georges Méliès, considered lost.

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

This one-reel documentary is pretty much what it says in the title. Cavalrymen ride their horses, first over low hedges, then over increasingly rough...

Sheep bound through a narrow opening, followed by a panoramic vista of the flock running through a meadow.

A magician blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.

A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.

A beautiful young girl spontaneously grows flowers outside her window, with the help of a magic watering can.

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

Highlights of the Athens 1906 Olympic Games.

Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.

Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.

One of the first Russian animated films, created by choreographer Alexander Shiryaev in the second half of the 1900s.

A soldier steals his officer's money and asks the music-hall singer he is mad about to run awy with him.

A British soldier is made prisoner by a Zulu, who tries to set fire on the Union Jack. A bulldog runs on the rescue terrorizing the Zulu. This allows...

King Haakon and Queen Maud in Trondhjem.

On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them...