1899 Movies

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

Short film about an express steamer

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously w...

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

A scene performed by a shinpa troupe.

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A carriage draws up, wheeling to a stop right in front of the camera. There is a cut and the camera has drawn back. The duchess steps out, pauses, the...

A postman sits in a garden chair and is served with food by a maid. He kisses her. The amorous couple are then squirted with water from a garden syrin...

"This is taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves, from the 104th to 116 Street statio...

Footage from the Boer War.

Showing the employees leaving the factory at noon.

Two women in long skirts, wearing hats, and carrying umbrellas, gossip beside a fence. Two men on the other side of the fence reach through from under...

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

A silent film, likely about someone leaving a bath. Erotic film from Gaumont.

This is a ladies cycling display in the summer of 1899 in London, England. It is a display/show by the Catford Cycling Club.

Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th...

"Positively the most realistic and exciting fire run ever offered to exhibitors. It shows the entire horseless fire department of Boston, accompanied...