1899 Movies

A mounted black horse gallops.

Dramatic view of an oil well fire in Baku.

A crowd swarms on Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the horse tram. In the background, we see the outline of Central Station.

Showing Committee of Arrangements visit to the Admiral on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia.

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on 23r...

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

Short clip of passing troops at the Dewey Arch.

A London fire brigade springs into action.

Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a lett...

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Tw...

30 seconds of actual snowball fighting from 1899. A quick glimpse of a time gone by

A man with a tin of Van Houten Cocoa is treated to a splash of water.

A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess...

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.