A motorist has a breakdown at the entrance of a town where they have never seen a car before, and they ask each other for help to see what it is that has appeared.
Watch the official Chasing a Motorist 1907 trailer in HD below.
France 20 June 1907
United States 27 July 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 January 1907
Highlights from the 1907 French Grand Prix race.
01 April 1907
A short comical ghost story from the era of affordable nickelodeon movie theaters.
27 December 1907
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
01 January 1907
Four Arab men in white burnouses, two women in grey, and one female cook in striped burnous, are sitting in front of a cave in a forest path.
17 March 1907
Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting fellow officers.
01 May 1907
Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial celebration on April 26, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day, June 10.
08 May 1907
Ships of foreign countries and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet participate in the international naval review which marks the opening of the Jamestown Exposition April 26, 1907.
23 June 1907
A midsummer Phantasy. The man having been attacked by footpads, puts on a suit of medieval armor which has been magnetized at a dynamo by two boys.
01 December 1907
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
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