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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Olympiska spelen i London 1908 Trailer
United Kingdom 13 July 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
29 April 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
29 December 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
13 October 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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.
07 July 1908
Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
18 July 1908
A young man is seen entering his room and from the many expressions on his worn face one could not doubt that he is just returning from one grand night with the boys, and is in no condition to be annoyed or disturbed.
18 December 1908
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom.
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.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
15 September 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
10 February 1908
A boy takes pictures of everything, including some embarrassing situations. When he projects the pictures on a wall for everyone to see, his father spanks him and smashes the camera.
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