A child and her nurse are out walking. A band of desperate men and women knock the nurse down and abduct the child. Soon a ransom note is sent to the parents. They hire a detective to pay the kidnappers off and rescue their child, although it turns out to involve a desperate chase.
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France 08 May 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
25 February 1906
1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
02 June 1906
A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.
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.
07 September 1906
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.
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.
30 September 1906
A British soldier is made prisoner by a Zulu, who tries to set fire on the Union Jack. A bulldog runs on the rescue terrorizing the Zulu.
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.
25 February 1906
Two thieves try to rob a jewelry case but the the shop-keeper switches the jewels with a bomb.
01 January 1906
1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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