When his wife gives to the ragman a pair of tan trousers in which all his money is kept, a man proceeds to rip the trousers off everyone he meets.
Watch the official Histoire d'un pantalon 1906 trailer in HD below.
History of a Pair of Trousers Trailer
France 10 March 1906
United States 14 April 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
01 January 1906
One of the first Russian animated films, created by choreographer Alexander Shiryaev in the second half of the 1900s.
06 September 1906
A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze.
16 August 1906
A bunch of men on horseback gallop past people near a shack in this short shot by Robert K.Bonine.
18 May 1906
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake.
17 March 1906
A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to ask for his hospitality.
23 May 1906
It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing.
19 September 1906
The documentary features the oldest footage ever taken of surfing, and it was shot in Hawaii by Robert Bonine.
23 October 1906
The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife.
01 February 1906
Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's visit to La Albufera (Valencia).
17 January 1906
This Walter G. Chase film about epileptic seizures was photographed from a single camera position against a backdrop of dark canvas.
03 November 1906
The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding of a man in oriental costume.
13 June 1906
A view of Copenhagen primarily from the perspective of a sea traveler.
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