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- DirectorGeorges MélièsA soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.France. The film was recovered in 2004.
Only 70 sec and directed by Georges Méliès who was an innovator in the use of special effects.
If you are a Cinephile a Movie Buff try to check it out and let me know if it's worthed. - DirectorGeorges MélièsA steam train of mixed carriages (freight and passenger) arrives at a station and we see the beginnings of passengers leaving then entering the train.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsThis lost film presumably features a person watering flowers to comedic effect. This film is believed to have imitated the Louis and Auguste Lumière film "L'arroseur arrose", which survives.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsLittle is known about this lost film, which presumably features a gardener.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsVery little is known of this lost Georges Melies film, but the title indicates it may have featured children riding a merry-go-round.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsThis lost film presumably features women washing clothing.
- DirectorAlexandre PromioA black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsThis lost film presumably shows the Place du Théâtre-Français.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsLittle is known about this lost film, which presumably features a coronation of the rosary, or a celebration of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorgette MélièsLittle is known about this lost film, which presumably features young baby girls.
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- DirectorGeorges MélièsVery little is known of this lost film; according to the title it featured a gypsy camp.
- DirectorM.H. LaddéJ.W. Merkelbach
- DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarsLaura BayleyTom GreenA man and woman are flirting when a professor turns on an X-ray machine, revealing their insides. After turning it off again the two have a dispute and break up.British short comedy directed by George Albert Smith who was the first British director to use special effects.
- DirectorArthur MarvinStarsAnonymousSherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who disappears. After Holmes recovers his property, the bag vanishes from his hand into that of the thief, who promptly disappears through a window. At this point the movie ends abruptly with Holmes looking "baffled".The first recorded detective film and the first to feature Sherlock Holmes. A paper copy was identified in 1968 in the Library of Congress Paper Print archive by Michael Pointer, a historian of Sherlock Holmes films. It was transferred to 16 mm film in the Library of Congress collection.
Only 30 sec this American film directed by Arthur Marvin. - DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarsLaura BayleyTom GreenA child-crossing sweeper dies in the snow.Made in Great Britain and lost since 1954, the film was rediscovered in 2012 and is the oldest surviving film that features a Charles Dickens character.
Only 60 sec British drama directed by George Albert Smith. - DirectorJoe Rosenthal20 scenes: The birth, life, marriage and death of Hiawatha.Believed to be the first Canadian fiction film.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA magician divides himself into two people. The doubles perform tricks before transforming back into one person.2 minute long film, discovered in 2016 at the Czech National Film Archive under a donated reel with a different name.
- One reel (10 minutes) was recently found of this documentary of London life. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (where the fragment was found) states it was identified by British film scholar Ian Christie as being from Living London, but Urban's website claims that this is from the later documentary.Released in Australia in 1906 it was a sensation, seen by over 500,000 people.
- DirectorTeuvo PuroLouis SparreStarsEero KilpiTeuvo PuroTeppo RaikasTwo local men who are making moonshine in the woods. A customer comes to them, and while sampling the product they start a game of cards, which eventually leads to a fight. While the fight is going on, the local police shows up and arrests the makers while the customer manages to escape.The first Finnish fiction film. Some sources also consider it to be the first Russian fiction film, as Finland was a part of the Russian Empire until 1917.