1897 Movies

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss t...

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he disappea...

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith illust...

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group w...

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.

Another street scene of daily life.

A battery being set up.

The main market square in the heart of Brussels.

The famous Seal Rocks at Golden Gate Park are here shown. Sea lions in their wild state are lying on the rocks and swimming and diving in the water.