1899 Movies

"This scene shows a crowd of newsboys running to meet the 'World' newspaper delivery wagon, and falling back to the point of distribution. There is a...

Procession of suspiciously neat troops. This film has long been recorded in the NFTVA records as being of the Boer War, however it is probably film of...

Boers kill a dozing sentry, attack the camp and rob dead soldiers.

An exhibition of water throwing by the Ocean Company of Green, N.Y., using an old-fashioned hand power engine.

"Rodzajowe scenki warszawskie" is a Polish silent film directed by Bolesław Matuszewski, showcasing everyday life and urban scenes from Warsaw at the...

Showing the chief and his fire wagon, chemical engine, water tower, and several three-horse engines at full speed on their way to the fire, Buffalo, N...

Troyes captured by the Lumiere Brothers

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

Reproduction of the famous painting by Garnier.

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

This is a ladies cycling display in the summer of 1899 in London, England. It is a display/show by the Catford Cycling Club.

Actuality footage.

Military parade in Germany.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

It looks like peasants dancing in their holiday finery, the women wearing long skirts, the men britches and flowered hats. They set into pairs and wal...

A postman sits in a garden chair and is served with food by a maid. He kisses her. The amorous couple are then squirted with water from a garden syrin...

Out at sea with boats passing by.

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.