It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts the gondolas up in the air.
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United Kingdom 25 April 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
01 November 1904
Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products on the table in front of them.
23 April 1904
As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage.
01 January 1904
Newsreel footage of an execution by beheading of Li-Tang, the Chinches chief of a band of Manchurian bandits.
02 February 1904
A criminal woman is brought in by the police to be photographed (a mug-shot, presumably), capturing her making faces or grimacing.
24 December 1904
A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.
11 February 1904
A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.
01 May 1904
Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils.
14 May 1904
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
25 July 1904
Inside a boxing ring are two horses. Attendants put white bag-like objects on their forefeet. At a signal from the ringmaster, the two horses stand on their hind legs and start boxing.
01 May 1904
A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.
01 June 1904
Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.
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