13 October 1906 Action, Crime 8 mins
Crooks in an armored car-- the modern-day pirates-- trespass, murder and rob other motorists while sailing the roadways. Able to traverse small bodies of water in their craft, they evade police capture... for a time.
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The Motor Pirate Trailer
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Motor Pirates Trailer
United Kingdom 13 October 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
29 June 1906
A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by handcar.
22 June 1906
In the beginning of the film, a streetcar passes in front of the camera position. The camera starts to move, indicating that it was on a streetcar since it is in the same position as the car in the first scene.
02 February 1906
Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's return from his voyage to La Abufera (Valencia).
15 February 1906
The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio.
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.
06 July 1906
The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.
16 August 1906
A bunch of men on horseback gallop past people near a shack in this short shot by Robert K.Bonine.
29 March 1906
Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped.
24 February 1906
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay.
01 February 1906
Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's visit to La Albufera (Valencia).
31 October 1906
A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
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