Most Viewed Year 1908 - 6

A sheriff apprehends a bank robber and recovers the money. On the way back to town, the sheriff loses the recovered money in a crooked card game. The...

A man steals a sheep and is chased by the shepherds and the police.

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...

French silent short film by Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.

Lost film.

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering...

The hero, who fancies himself a ladies' man, cannot resist winking at every comely lass who passes his way. Unfortunately, he winks once too often,...

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

The Baseball Fan is a Comedy short.

A 1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then...

A Saturn film directed by Johann Schwarzer.

Young Wilkinson is leaving his dear old mother for a journey to seek his fortune in a foreign clime. Now, the little cottage is situated near the...

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

And here is an early success as he puts the viewer in the mood of a little boy, playing with his toys, running them through the paces of his little...

A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.