19 September 1904 Crime 6 mins
A thief notices a large amount of money in a woman's purse. When she dozes off on the train, he snatches the cash. Discovering her purse empty, the woman confronts the pickpocket and his simple robbery escalates into a crime far more serious.
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United Kingdom 19 September 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
15 April 1904
A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
01 May 1904
There are fifteen of them, ten girls and five boys in three rows of five, the boys flanked by the girls.
25 April 1904
Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him.
29 October 1904
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
01 July 1904
A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual comes along, whereupon the child turns and runs toward the shore.
01 May 1904
A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
01 June 1904
Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.
01 May 1904
Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils.
31 December 1904
Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.
08 May 1904
Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.
01 January 1904
This is a single camera position film of muscle-flexing exercises by a professional physical culturist.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1904 Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.
