Most Viewed Year 1908

This is not only a colored film of great beauty, but one showing a series of clever trick pictures in which great ingenuity on the part of the...

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

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands,...

A bungling bumpkin fails at a number of jobs in this slapstick comedy - before he finds his true calling.

Two big game hunters are on safari in the jungle with their African guide. They observe zebras, ostrich and a hippopotamus, and catch a small monkey...

1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin...

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an...

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

A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and their marriage.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.

L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular...

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective...