1897 Movies

A wealthy family enjoys coffee outside their home, until a man's dog comes and topples their table!

The film documents the launch of the steamship on May 4, 1897, at the Vulcan Shipyard in Stettin, an event attended by Emperor Wilhelm II.

An early, short film that featured footage of animals, which was common in the cinema of that era.

At the Charles River Speedway in Allston (Boston Massachusetts),cyclists on six-man bikes hold a race.

Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.

Actuality footage of the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris road trials — a procession of early motor “carriages” (including electric vehicles) filmed on the r...

Silent film directed by Georges Demenÿ for Gaumont. An actual remake of the Lumiére brothers' "Démolition d'un mur" (1896).

A very short Lumière-era actuality shot depicting daily life on 59th Street, viewed from or across Central Park, New York. The film likely shows pedes...

A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's "...

"This active little animal has made a great hit wherever he has appeared on the vaudeville stage. A large bag is suspended by a cord so that it is jus...

1897 indian short

Actuality film about kids dancing

A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and a...

Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

A large ship embarking.

A man is robbed of everything he's got and gets in trouble with the police about it.

Comedy routine featuring two clowns. Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

The Spectacular Dancer in five NEW bewildering and sensational dances (#233-237). [This is likely the first of the five from the 1897 Catalogue: Ediso...