1898 Movies

Magnificent action is displayed by this troop of Mexican cavalry. They approach at full speed, with drawn sabres, wheel rapidly, and charge in the opp...

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Street scene of LA in 1898.

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations, vista...

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

In front of each bare headed woman is a flat rock, used as a wash board. Stream of water near by.

A farmer kisses a lean girl.

"On the way to San[ta] Monica, Cal., the train approaches, runs through and emerges from a tunnel. Train passes in opposite direction. Camera is at fr...

Shows the entire flock running around the corral with great strides and outstretched wings.

Staging of the title event.

Parade footage.

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from his entr...

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse of the bull.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

Shows canal running through the suburban village of Santa Anita. Men and women pole their flat-bottom boats along, loaded down with garden produce.

Directed by James H. White.