14 December 1906 Factual 14 mins
There are a lot of circular pans in this very long (for 1906) travelogue showing the waterfroot of Lucerne, followed by a long moving shot (taken from a boat, since the image rocks) to oe of the resorts on the lake. It's a portrait of a very prosperous bit of city and countryside.
Watch the official Luzern und der Vierwaldstätter See 1906 trailer in HD below.
Switzerland 14 December 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
26 February 1906
Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which puts them all to flight.
01 May 1906
Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included.
01 August 1906
Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink to seal the deal.
01 November 1906
Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in the Dolomites, acomppanied by Bortolo Barbaria, Baldessare Verzi and Damiano Dibona, three well-known Ampezzo mountain guides.
01 June 1906
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
26 December 1906
Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity.
03 May 1906
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).
25 February 1906
1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
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