11 November 1905 Factual 4 mins
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.
Watch the official Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club 1905 trailer in HD below.
United States 11 November 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
01 January 1905
1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
01 January 1905
Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.
01 January 1905
Alice Guy directed a now lost phonoscene (film that relied on a chronophone sound recording that the actors in the film lip-synced with) version of Faust in 22 scenes(or short films) totaling 1245 meter of film.
01 January 1905
1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
01 January 1905
Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy.
01 January 1905
The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev.
01 January 1905
Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.
28 December 1905
The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.
01 August 1905
The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set between the railroad tracks.
01 January 1905
Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.
28 October 1905
A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely shot in 1897 but not screened in France until the 10th of December 1899.
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