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.
Watch the official His First Ride 1907 trailer in HD below.
United States 30 March 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
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.
26 September 1907
When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.
03 January 1907
This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.
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.
17 August 1907
A poor artist living in a garret room uses his talent for painting to feed himself by any means necey
17 December 1907
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
01 January 1907
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
23 May 1907
A middle-aged woman in rural dress and a young woman in a smarter dress are picking up herbs in a forest.
06 April 1907
Daniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.
08 May 1907
Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1907 Selig Polyscope Company.