This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes. The subject is a group of men, clothed only in swimming trunks, who demonstrate their physical prowess by doing calisthenics, playing handball, and swimming during freezing weather.
Watch the official Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston 1905 trailer in HD below.
Midwinter Bathing, L Street Bath, Boston Trailer
United States 23 March 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
23 May 1905
Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film, a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby girl on her lap before submerging the unsuspecting infant into a tub of soapy water.
01 August 1905
Short documentary about this Valencian tradition directed by Ángel García Cardona.
11 November 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.
01 July 1905
Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full of snakes that got loose.
28 December 1905
The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.
05 June 1905
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track.
10 June 1905
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby.
15 December 1905
A man dancing at a party finds one of his socks has fallen down. Retreating where no one can see him, he removes the offending item.
02 November 1905
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot.
18 September 1905
Early Balkan footage.
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