17 December 1908 Factual 1 mins
Originally it was called White City because when it opened, all the buildings were painted white. It was a fairgrounds, intended to celebrate the 1904 Entente Cordiale between France and Great Britain, that would, a decade later, leading to the unbreakable web of alliances that would cause the First World War.
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United Kingdom 17 December 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
19 April 1908
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
08 May 1908
Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.
25 October 1908
Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
11 November 1908
Two hunters set out on safari with their African guide. They observe zebras, an ostrich, and a hippopotamus, capture a monkey, and camp for the night.
07 November 1908
Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
25 July 1908
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.
02 October 1908
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate.
16 October 1908
The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.
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