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 October 1903
A pretty domestic scene showing the proud father, with the assistance of the nurse and doctor, tying the little one in a towel and weighing it with a spring scale.
11 June 1903
One of the first Swedish sound films, the audio has been lost though.
06 October 1903
Happy Hooligan is thrust into prison, but makes the most of his hardship. He is seen in his cell enjoying a full meal of prison hash.
01 May 1903
Shot at an unidentified location in New York City, the film shows several pieces of horse-drawn fire vehicles in motion: two hook-and-ladders; two steam pumpers; a rescue wagon.
07 December 1903
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
21 February 1903
Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk.
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.
01 May 1903
To fill their jars with water, a group of women gathered around the well. At one point comes Samaria, a woman known for her bad temper.
11 October 1903
In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic.
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