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:
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 February 1907
A 360 degree view of Haleakala.
01 August 1907
Lost silent film, known to be the very first film adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's tragedy of the same name, dealing with the last years of the Tsar's reign and the pretender Grigory (the false Dmitriy).
23 May 1907
The artist studio is decorated with a rug, a chaise lounge, a small table, a plinth, a couple of copies of classic sculptures, a vase with flowers, a few prints on the walls, and on the wood paneled lower half of the wall, an 8-pointed star [Saturn-Film's logo].
01 August 1907
Cheering crowds and much jubilation greet the launch of the Accrington to Oswaldtwistle electric tram service.
02 January 1907
In the first scene, a gentleman invites a lady to a ball, in the second they are dancing after the ball in a restaurant - slightly drunk - with the resulting consequences for the restaurant.
06 April 1907
Daniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.
01 February 1907
Cattle are driven into the sea and tied to a row boat.
07 December 1907
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
07 September 1907
A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an early use of over-cranking and under-cranking.
01 January 1907
Compilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons].
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