19 December 1904 Comedy 5 mins
A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.
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United States 19 December 1904
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
06 May 1904
Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women.
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.
01 November 1904
Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass.
09 May 1904
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces
15 January 1904
Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.
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.
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16 January 1904
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