Leonard Corrick’s camera moves up and down the streets of Perth recording the action on the street. At one point a man bumps into another man in the street and fisticuffs ensue as the camera moves past.
Watch the official Street Scenes in Perth, Western Australia 1907 trailer in HD below.
Australia 09 March 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 April 1907
A short comical ghost story from the era of affordable nickelodeon movie theaters.
29 May 1907
No prints of the film have been preserved so the film can be considered a lost film. The original screenplay has also been lost.
01 February 1907
A 360 degree view of Haleakala.
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.
11 September 1907
Many demonstrations of the art of Jiu Jitsu are given, and as evidence that this is not a passing fad intended only for the amusement of the public there is illustrated in very thrilling manner how several footpads follow two girls and then in a deserted section of the road make an attack, which is successfully foiled and the perpetrators taken into custody.
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 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.
04 July 1907
The fight is a short one, with the defeated boxer knocked out in the first round after going down for the third time.
23 January 1907
A battle between two forces takes place. There's no information on this 4-minute film aside from the fact that it was available from Charles Urban's Urban Trading Company, one of the most vigorous of British film production and distribution companies in the era.
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 December 1907
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
21 December 1907
A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1907 Leonard’s Biograph Company.