1898 Movies

Leopoldo Fregoli dressing from man to woman and back again.

In front of a pavilion at the Fairground in Prague have yeomanry a parade of horse riders in folk costumes. In the front there are a lady wearing a wh...

Representing soldiers in camp washing their clothing and a general cleaning up

Views of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.

Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

Short reportage

A clown cuts off a customer's head and replaces it.

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal.

Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.

This picture was taken in front of Gen. Wheeler's headquarters at Camp Wikoff during Gen. Alger's tour of inspection of the camp. The two distinguishe...

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving tr...

A poster hanger gets a fight started. This is version 2 that was made and screened for the public.

Pseudo-documentary compiled by Lumière cameraman Francis Doublier in 1898: a stitched reel of unrelated actuality clips narrated as scenes from the Dr...

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

Karina dancing.

Twelve men exercising with clubs in front of a Malá Strana's Sokol's building in Prague district Újezd.