1897 Movies

A line of giddy, possibly drunk men, dressed in Scottish highland outfits, perform a disorderly dance routine in front of a sign advertising the produ...

1897 indian short

Early short film

The first film shot in Egypt.

The hen house occupies the entire left foreground of the picture, running back to the nearby road. The main foreground is filled with tall grass swept...

On the Coney Island steeple-chase, the wooden horses dash up and down the inclines with weird effect. The picture shows a crowd of people, including a...

People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.

This artist's model may never work again after his ill-advised prank. While the artist isn't looking, his model cuts a hole in the painting and puts h...

The great automobile fire engine on its way to a conflagration, accompanied by hose wagons, etc. A very exciting scene.

This film documents the historic event of the launch of the large cruiser SMS Fürst Bismarck.

The troops ride their horses from the right edge of the frame to the left edge of the frame. It's among the simplest of actualities, since the framing...

The Suburban is run at Sheepshead Bay track, Coney Island. Several views of the great race are given. The parade to the post, the start, the finish sh...

General Zédé decorates an officer.

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

Short released in 1897.

An elderly man wearing a silk top hat, mesmerises sparrows –and his audience- in a public square.

In 1897, Queen Victoria celebrated her 60th year as a monarch. It was the event of the decade. Soldiers from across the British Empire came to London...

"Operacje chirurgiczne w Warszawie" (1897),directed by Bolesław Matuszewski, is an early Polish documentary film capturing surgical procedures perfor...