01 May 1904 History, Factual 3 mins
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.
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United States 01 May 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
10 August 1904
A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.
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.
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.
30 September 1904
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
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.
09 May 1904
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces
30 April 1904
Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.
01 January 1904
Newsreel footage of an execution by beheading of Li-Tang, the Chinches chief of a band of Manchurian bandits.
01 May 1904
There are fifteen of them, ten girls and five boys in three rows of five, the boys flanked by the girls.
22 May 1904
A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
23 December 1904
A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father sends daughter out to beg.
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