Actuality coverage of the London 1908 Olympic Games, issued by Pathé and released in Sweden as Olympiska spelen i London 1908. The reel includes ceremonial scenes in the royal box and events at the White City Stadium. The Games were officially opened by King Edward VII on 13 July 1908, and surviving Pathé footage shows the royal arrival and stands alongside athletics highlights.
Watch the official Olympic Games in London 1908 trailer in HD below.
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
08 May 1908
Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.
08 June 1908
Women turn into roses in this hand-coloured nitrate short from Gaumont.
23 May 1908
A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.
18 January 1908
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies away with it.
23 September 1908
L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular fantasies.
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.
08 March 1908
The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the lead. They have discovered the hiding place of Billy Bones, the mate of Flint's ship, the "Walrus," and they send Black Dog, one of the crew, to tip Billy Bones to the "black spot" at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn; but Billy Bones drives Black Dog away, and will have nothing to do with him.
03 August 1908
It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.
27 November 1908
Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted.
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.
03 November 1908
A short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to dramatize the ill-fated romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
03 December 1908
There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip.
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