1899 Movies

A monkey and his trainer do acrobatics in a small enclosure.

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

To film the tapes, the operator leaves Lima, ascends the central Andes of Peru on the way to the town of La Oroya and descends to the edge of the jung...

"A little girl feeding a puppy with a bottle of milk. A very cunning and interesting subject."

The cook in the kitchen leaves a pan of potatoes while she answers the door bell. Willie takes advantage of her absence to put the potatoes in the ref...

Pennsylvania's historic Horseshoe Curve, photographed by an Edison cameraman in 1899.

A crowd passes by the camera.

Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th...

An excellent picture of this popular excursion boat, taken on the second day of the International Cup Race Oct. 5, 1899. The racing yacht 'Columbia' a...

"Taken from moving cable car leaving Brooklyn train yard, crossing entire span and arriving at New York terminus in City Hall station."

[DUPLICATE of 'After... Circus Carré'.] While he was trying, Dickson made the same sort of movie that others had before him. This is an imitation of a...

A view of the arch from Fifth Avenue, the day after the great Dewey parade, showing the crowd of sight-seers, traffic, etc.

Two grotesque minstrels are seen playing beneath a fair lady's window. She appears, and encourages one of them. The disappointed minstrel thereupon ki...

A spy rejects a bandage and is shot by a firing squad.

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Silent film.

A short documentary depicting the training of circus monkeys.