In 1906 a cameraman boarded a streetcar in Boston and rode around the city, wherever that vehicle took him. The film is exceptional, because it shows Boston's public buildings, its squares and subway construction, as well as the large public library.
Watch the official Seeing Boston 1906 trailer in HD below.
United States 22 April 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
14 April 1906
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
01 August 1906
When New Zealand’s longest-serving prime minister, Richard John Seddon, suddenly took ill and died during his voyage home from a diplomatic trip to Australia, the country went into mourning.
01 January 1906
Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great speed and apparent ease kneeling and firing and rapidly changing into new positions.
25 July 1906
A car crash blows a lady with a parasol onto a steeple. An inventor with an airship comes to the rescue.
12 December 1906
1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
25 October 1906
A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate the stage.
01 January 1906
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the site; issues of the crowd's health and safety are clearly not a concern, as people smile, wave and salute the camera.
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.
17 August 1906
When his woman walks out on him, the clown suffers from hallucinations, imagining various people and situations in his misery.
03 May 1906
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).
11 March 1906
A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.
Have you watched Seeing Boston yet? What did you think about it?