27 July 1904 2 mins
It is obvious that the cameraman placed his equipment close to the edge of a seashore. A large number of children followed by bathers can be seen running into the surf from behind the camera position. Close to the end, the camera's view is obscured as a female bather of large proportions strolls between the swimmers and the camera.
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United States 27 July 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
16 March 1904
A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/projecting images on top of one another.
05 August 1904
A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots and vivid tints to weave an intrepid and exciting story.
01 May 1904
A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
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.
20 January 1904
Chronophotograph record of a ball falling through a soap bubble.
25 April 1904
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.
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.
14 May 1904
The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.
01 January 1904
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
29 September 1904
Footage of spectators at the Friedenau velodrome in Berlin, dating from 1904. Several spectators, including a woman, are standing in front of a wooden fence.
19 June 1904
Attending trotting matches - in which horses in harness race at specific gaits - was a popular Edwardian pastime.
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