1899 Movies

This rapid panorama isn't as smooth as the average 'Phantom Ride' - an early example of 'shaky-cam' war photography? Filmmaker WKL Dickson asked that...

"A splendid marching picture of the brave Gordons in bearskins and kilts passing before Lord Wolseley."

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

"This is taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves, from the 104th to 116 Street statio...

A scene in Amsterdam.

"Positively the most realistic and exciting fire run ever offered to exhibitors. It shows the entire horseless fire department of Boston, accompanied...

Soldiers play cards and jeer as shells burst around them.

From a single camera position, two young women are photographed lighting a cigarette. After several puffs, one of the young ladies becomes faint, and...

The Passing of the Armoured Train - A large group of British soldiers are seen digging entrenchment's under the supervision of officers. A brief secon...

A cab is hailed in front of a palatial mansion by a gentleman who wishes a score of people driven to another part of the city. A clown jumps out and a...

This scene is laid in a barber shop. A customer enters and takes his seat in the chair. The barber places the cloth about his neck, sharpens his razor...

Builders fight on the scaffold of Paul's new studio until one falls and is injured.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A beautiful phantom ride across the Firth of Forth from Dalmeny near Edinburgh to Dunfermline, crossing the famous Forth Bridge, then less than a deca...

Short documentary directed by Ángel García Cardona. It is considered the first picture to be filmed in Valencia.

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

Footage from the Boer War.

Melies short.

"In this picture is shown a group of ten of the most magnificent St. Bernard dogs in the world; all of them being many times prize winners. The dogs c...