1908 Movie Trailers
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The Latest Fashion Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
A woman goes for a walk. She is wearing the latest fashion, a pencil skirt. She bumps into a cyclist who is chasing her.
Marie Stuart Trailer (1908)
07 September 1908
The film depicts the main events in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. She married Francis II, King of France.
Prussian Culture Trailer (1908)
23 May 1908
The oldest surviving Polish film, Pruska Kultura depicts the persecution of Poles under Prussian Germanisation, drawing on events such as the 1901 Września school strike and the struggle of Michał Drzymała.
The Electric Hotel Trailer (1908)
14 November 1908
An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
The Indian Sorcerer Trailer (1908)
25 June 1908
A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering children.
A Roman Idyl Trailer (1908)
17 July 1908
Saphora, a noble Roman patrician, falls for the commoner Marcus, but his heart belongs to Lydia. Jealous of their love, Saphora has Lydia imprisoned in an underground dungeon.
The Helping Hand Trailer (1908)
26 August 1908
An impoverished father, with his young son and daughter, begs for food in a marketplace. When a merchant angrily turns them away, their plight attracts the attention of a woman of charity.
For a Wife's Honor Trailer (1908)
28 August 1908
Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays.
The Bee and the Rose Trailer (1908)
10 September 1908
The Queen Bee and her entourage appear dancing around the hive. Suddenly, a splendid rose rises in a bed of flowers, comes to life and flies off with the Queen Bee.
Departure of the British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1st January, 1908 Trailer (1908)
01 October 1908
Departure of Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand on January 1st, 1908.
A Visit to the Seaside Trailer (1908)
01 December 1908
The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of Brighton, showing people doing everyday activities.
The Runaway Horse Trailer (1908)
03 January 1908
A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them.
The Greaser's Gauntlet Trailer (1908)
11 August 1908
This film with a highly offensive and racist title tells the story of Jose, a handsome young Mexican, who leaves his home in the Sierra Madre Mountains with a cross-embroidered gauntlet from his mother.
Miyamoto Musashi: Giant Ape Extermination Scene Trailer (1908)
11 November 1908
Among the many famous 16th-century samurai who made the leap from myth and ukiyo-e to early cinema screen was sword-master Miyamoto Musashi, previously depicted in prints by Kiniyoshi Yoshitoshi and others slaying an array of grotesque creatures including giant bats, giant lizards, and the mythical tengu.
The Fatal Hour Trailer (1908)
18 August 1908
A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devious Pong Lee (Harry Solter).
The Barber's Baby's Christening Trailer (1908)
04 December 1908
It’s the day of the barber’s baby’s christening, and the guests start arriving with their flowers and gifts, dropping them off while the barber is still trying to see to his last customer.
Auf einer Pferdefarm in Rio Grande! Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
In a corral, a cowboy tries to tame a horse.
Caught by Wireless Trailer (1908)
21 March 1908
Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America
Dreams of Toyland Trailer (1908)
25 February 1908
A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.
A Dress Affair Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
“A musician is given an invitation to a party, but finds that he has no dress suit to wear. He visits a friend, an artist, to see if he can borrow one, but he too does not have one.
The Helping Hand Trailer (1908)
29 December 1908
In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of the world, touched by her innocence, stops her in time, rebukes the villainous libertine who is about to claim her, and leads the girl back to her home.
The Excavator – A Hell-Born Machine Behind the Brest Railway Station Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
A lost newsreel with a self-evident title. One of the first films made on the territory of modern Belarus.
At the Crossroads of Life Trailer (1908)
02 July 1908
At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishes to be an actress are condemned by her stern father, a man of the cloth who has no time for those in the acting profession.
Les malheurs d'un photographe Trailer (1908)
22 June 1908
A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.
The Bandit Makes Good Trailer (1908)
06 September 1908
A sheriff apprehends a bank robber and recovers the money. On the way back to town, the sheriff loses the recovered money in a crooked card game.
Buncoed Stage Johnnie Trailer (1908)
23 May 1908
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie.
Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
It is the only known surviving film footage from the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker-sponsored expedition to record American Indian life in the west, filmed and produced both for an educational screening at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia and to document what Wanamaker and photographer Joseph K.
The Feud and the Turkey Trailer (1908)
08 December 1908
A bitter feud between the Wilkinson and Caulfield families turns tragic when the Colonel’s young son is killed.
Barcelona by Tram Trailer (1908)
31 December 1908
Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Trailer (1908)
07 March 1908
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
The Legend of Prometheus Trailer (1908)
07 September 1908
A mythological scene with the most beautiful effect.
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora Trailer (1908)
04 August 1908
A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are seated an old gentleman, a duenna, and a pretty young Senora.
The Puppet's Nightmare Trailer (1908)
14 September 1908
A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.
Over the Hills to the Poor House Trailer (1908)
26 June 1908
The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children.
The Broken Violin Trailer (1908)
25 April 1908
If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment.
Leah, the Forsaken Trailer (1908)
10 October 1908
Leah, a Jewish woman fleeing persecution in Hungary, arrives in the town and captures the heart of Rudolf, the local magistrate's son.
Mr. Jones at the Ball Trailer (1908)
25 December 1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife.
The Girl and the Outlaw Trailer (1908)
08 September 1908
Ruthless bandit Bill Preston rules a terrorizing frontier gang. Frontier girl Nellie Carson loves him despite his cruelty, but he abandons her wounded after a dispute.
The Man and the Woman Trailer (1908)
14 August 1908
John and Tom Wilkins are brothers and most divergent in natures. John is a clergyman and a noble, upright fellow, while Tom is a scapegrace, wild, reckless and unscrupulous.
Father Gets in the Game Trailer (1908)
09 October 1908
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the prowl.
Cupid’s Pranks Trailer (1908)
29 February 1908
After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite.
The Redman and the Child Trailer (1908)
28 July 1908
A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.
Miss Sherlock Holmes Trailer (1908)
04 December 1908
Nell, the boss's daughter, uses Sherlock Holmes' detective work, to choose between the two suitors at her dad's broker's office.
The Fight for Freedom Trailer (1908)
17 July 1908
In a saloon in a Mexican border town, a group of cowboys, including a Mexican named Pedro, play poker.
The Valet's Wife Trailer (1908)
01 December 1908
Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.
No Good for Anything Trailer (1908)
21 October 1908
A bungling bumpkin fails at a number of jobs in this slapstick comedy - before he finds his true calling.
The Zulu's Heart Trailer (1908)
06 October 1908
A Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors.
Hulda's Lovers Trailer (1908)
22 April 1908
Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeous radiance, phlogisticates the susceptible hearts of the village swains.
Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola Trailer (1908)
18 September 1908
Early Balkan footage.
The Last Cartridge, An Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India Trailer (1908)
18 January 1908
Caught off-guard by Indian mutineers, a British soldier saves his last bullet for his daughter, lest she be taken.
The Invisible Fluid Trailer (1908)
16 June 1908
Had the poor melancholy Dane, Hamlet, lived in this, the twentieth century, he would never have given voice to the remark, "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" No indeed! He would have procured some of the mysterious fluid compounded by an erudite scientist by which things animate and inanimate were rendered non est, for ten minutes at least, by simply spraying them with it.
For Love of Gold Trailer (1908)
21 August 1908
It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery.
The Man in the Box Trailer (1908)
19 June 1908
A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own.
Scarlet Letter Trailer (1908)
28 March 1908
"The Scarlet Letter" is a story of early Puritan days in New England. Hester, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is sent to America by her husband, with a promise that he will follow on the next ship.
The Sculptor's Nightmare Trailer (1908)
06 May 1908
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite.
Sideshow Wrestlers Trailer (1908)
08 April 1908
A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.