1903 Movies

One of many early silent films depicting young black men eating watermelon. This one involves a competition.

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro po...

A horse parade.

A husband walks out on his wife, leaving an incriminating letter behind. She hires a detective, who discovers the husband in a compromising position w...

Taken at St. John's Home, Coney Island. A large number of boys are bathing in the surf. At a signal the boys leave the water and walk toward the camer...

We have just received from our operators accompanying President Roosevelt on his great tour of the Pacific Coast, a splendid series of films covering...

Shows a number of boys bathing in a fountain on the East Side. While they are at the height of their amusement, which consists of splashing the bystan...

A man and his wife are seated at a table in their happy New Jersey home. A huge mosquito appears and buzzes about their heads. The man seizes a broom...

There is painted backdrop with a wooden fence in front of it and three steps leading to a porch. A man seated on the steps is approached by two men, c...

A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.

First is shown a fine panoramic view of the grandstand at the Yale field, showing the enormous gathering of football enthusiasts who have come from fa...

Firefighter exercises.

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

Another in a series of films made for the USPO in 1903, this short shows a small coach pulling up outside a rural post office. A man climbs out of the...

Steam and sail drifters entering the harbour. The first shot on the Quay shows ranks of drifters, with fisher girls walking arm-in-arm. There are swil...

A diner revolves the table and eats his neighbour's lunch.

This shows an acrobatic team performing on a revolving flying ring unit suspended between the towers at Luna Park.