01 January 1918 Animated, Factual 4 mins
The Eclipse of the Sun was a science film released in July 1918, one month after a solar eclipse visible across the United States. This film was created while Max Fleischer was working at Bray Productions.
Watch the official The Eclipse of the Sun 1918 trailer in HD below.
United States 01 July 1923
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1918:
02 March 1918
Unrequited love rules the day as both wealthy Judith Sylvester and her invalid aunt pine for men who got away, but happiness lays ahead for one while hopeful dreams sustain the other.
12 October 1918
Propaganda documentary about a man, called Kulicke, who has a nightmare about being inducted into the airforce right to to front line.
20 August 1918
A black maid is sitting in the kitchen doing some chore or another (difficult to see what.) Bobby Bumps has hidden inside a box and is trying to get something from the larder without the maid seeing him.
02 June 1918
A renegade American and his innocent daughter become entangled in the snares of German secret agents during the First World War.
23 August 1918
Vaudeville artist LaBelle Geraldine and her dancing partner, Freddie Montgomery, are stranded in Arizona when their troupe breaks up.
01 February 1918
American heiress Bettina Vanderpoel departs for England to visit her sister Rosalie and her impoverished nobleman husband Sir Nigel Anstruthers.
08 September 1918
Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog.
27 January 1918
The movie starts out with Marie as The Girl in the Case in love with Neal Burns, “Her Sweetheart.” But her dad wants her to marry someone else (Chester Conklin) and takes her away on vacation to get her away from Her Sweetheart.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1918 J.R. Bray Studios.