01 January 1903 Factual 1 mins
Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in 'standard Edison gauge' (35mm) at a total length of 620ft, which included both ascent and descent. The surviving combined 35mm footage (from 68mm originals) equals 519ft.
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1903:
01 January 1903
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
01 January 1903
A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from the crest of the hill, a position of vantage they held in the beginning of the fray.
18 July 1903
A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.
01 January 1903
The Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show introduces rough riders from all the world.
01 July 1903
A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.
18 May 1903
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
08 July 1903
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
10 December 1903
The biggest English comedy hit of the year. The scene is laid on an English estate at the edge of a pond.
25 July 1903
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears.
01 January 1903
Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.
05 June 1903
A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1903 Deutsche Mutoskop und Biograph.
