1897 Movies

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

After several athletes have tried unsuccessfully to pole vault, one last gymnast performs a perfect jump.

First Brazillian film, actuality film showing the Guanabara bay and a fisherman's port. Actually considered to be lost, reaming only 24 frames of the...

A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among the...

"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern high-power gun in act of discharge. The immense gun, weighing 6...

The first film shot in Egypt.

Shows the discomfiture of those who are seated behind large hats at the theatre.

At the waterfront in Szczecin

A young boy plays with a paralyzed old lady.

"This picture, taken from a rapidly moving tug, gives a very comprehensive idea of the lower end of New York City, including prominent sky-scrapers, a...

An elderly man wearing a silk top hat, mesmerises sparrows –and his audience- in a public square.

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by."

A shot of traffic in front of Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles.

Phantom ride shot from the engine front as a steam train pulling away from Wormit station in Fife, crossing the Tay rail bridge and passing south boun...

"Result of a shot from the ten-inch disappearing gun."

On the Coney Island steeple-chase, the wooden horses dash up and down the inclines with weird effect. The picture shows a crowd of people, including a...

It's a public pool, where some men stand by the pool, some dive into it, and other simply enjoy being being in the water.

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is serving her, a loafer steals the free lunch and puts it in...