This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco is set ablaze and filmed.
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United States 18 May 1906
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30 June 1995
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism.
14 December 2002
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader.
21 April 1928
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior.
24 December 1925
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
04 September 1916
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
08 March 1915
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine.
23 December 1969
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
18 September 1919
Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold.
13 March 1931
His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her.
21 February 1975
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory.
01 June 1914
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla, a good-hearted Roman spy, and his powerful slave, Maciste.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
13 June 1906
A view of Copenhagen primarily from the perspective of a sea traveler.
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.
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
25 August 1906
Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack.
14 April 1906
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
16 October 1906
Short silent film about the difficulty caused by these dresses in getting out of the car without offending the modesty of passers-by.
15 February 1906
The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio.
02 February 1906
Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's return from his voyage to La Abufera (Valencia).
31 October 1906
A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.
16 October 1906
The arrival of the Norwegian king in Copenhagen is documented in this early short film.
19 August 1906
Shows how they cut the wool off of sheep.
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.
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