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
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09 May 1904
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces
11 February 1904
A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.
08 May 1904
Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.
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.
03 May 1904
A woman dressed as a Spanish dancer enters from the wings, camera right, and starts to dance. Her dancing consists of a series of high kicks, followed by a routine of handsprings, splits, and some contortionist positions.
21 June 1904
A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay.
30 September 1904
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
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 May 1904
There are fifteen of them, ten girls and five boys in three rows of five, the boys flanked by the girls.
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