The best movies 1908 Pagina 19

Actuality of Crown Princess Margareta’s 2 June 1908 visit to Lund: arrival at the station, carriage procession along Klostergatan past the...

A short slapstick comedy — a man carrying two antique vases encounters a series of obstacles in the street, and eventually catches fire.

An early account of Marat's murder, and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Charlotte Corday.

A doctor kills himself so his insurance will save his daughter's husband from jail.

Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and the...

Travelling through Swedish Lappland, exploring the Northen Light, a Sami village, and the nature of Abisko National Park.

During an effort to repair a horse carriage a boy grabs the wheel and gives it a push down the hill and towards the city. The wheel turns and turns...

Short reportage

Stable hostler Joe loves his wife Annie, but she leaves him and their child for a wealthy gentleman, only to die destitute in London, where Joe's...

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director in this film is unknown.

It’s the day of the barber’s baby’s christening, and the guests start arriving with their flowers and gifts, dropping them off...

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

Traditional Swedish dances are performed.

Short reportage

Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund.

A man is rude to everyone he meets and is thrown into the river.

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but...

1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.