1897 Movies

Soldiers take turns performing a vaulting exercise which consists of standing on a horse.

A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.

An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated p...

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Pedestrian and cart traffic in the street.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

Cow herding.

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and is...

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around the same...

Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and then passes by the camera...