1898 Movies

"The fashionable set is parading in the park, after church. The concourse is composed of all nationalities, including several groups of pretty senorit...

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned 'Sunset Limited' trains pass each other.

An oddly routed parade.

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles...

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in Sou...

American Indians dancing.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy Dickson for...

“In these two images [see Nos. 1273 and 1274], the dancers are performing different movements; in No. [1273], they are carrying parasols, and in No. [...

Children entering and exiting a schoolhouse.

A hypnotism scene from the Lumière Brothers.

The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.

Street scene shot from a balloon.