A nicely-dressed man is riding on a bicycle. When he parks it a hobo quickly steals it, but he is clearly new at riding. He cannot manage to steer in a straight line, and it is not long before he becomes quite a hazard to pedestrians and to others in his path.
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United States 30 March 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 January 1907
People and buildings in Falkenberg, Sweden in the early twentieth century.
17 August 1907
A poor artist living in a garret room uses his talent for painting to feed himself by any means necey
07 December 1907
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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.
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.
01 February 1907
A crew row their way from the S.S. Kinau through troublesome water to the shore.
01 January 1907
Highlights from the 1907 French Grand Prix race.
10 December 1907
Shot by Kichizo Chiba and featuring the Nobuchika Nakano kubuki troupe is one of the earliest Japanese film of the supernatural, and the first to specifically reference to the world of yurei ("ghosts").
07 August 1907
An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his rolling bed.
09 September 1907
The first military revue of King Frederik VIII is captured on film.
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