1899 Movies

Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and Demange, with...

Soldiers parade to the sound of military marches during the inauguration ceremony of Victor Emanuel II's monument in Turin.

The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.

A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…

Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shore...

The Wrestlers (1899),directed by Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar (also known as Save Dada),is widely recognized as the first film shot by an Indi...

Filmed while the Christian IX, King of Denmark, and his family was taking their picture.

Leopoldo Fregoli as a magician.

The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Tw...

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

A horsedrawn double-decker bus sits immobile at the centre of the image, with a flurry of horse-drawn carriages and omnibuses swirling around it. Then...

An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the Boer War in South Africa.

George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won withou...

Parade of shepherds leading their flock in the street.

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously w...

During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur M...

A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli an...