Ferdinand Zecca's remake of his own film "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901) with the same premise, showing a diver with reverse motion editing for a curious effect
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Spain 24 October 1905
France 11 August 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
18 September 1905
Early Balkan footage.
07 October 1905
A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.
01 January 1905
Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.
26 September 1905
A servant kills his miser master and buries his corpse. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim.
22 May 1905
A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background.
01 August 1905
Short documentary about this Valencian tradition directed by Ángel García Cardona.
31 December 1905
1905 short film showing people walking down a Ljutomer street after mass.
06 March 1905
A soldier attempts to rest at an inn, but his bed plays tricks on him, never giving the poor man a chance to sleep.
10 September 1905
On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.
11 April 1905
The camera is high above Manhattan near the top of the Times Building, pointing down.
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