1898 Movies

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War),surrounded by curiousl...

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...

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

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the Inte...

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

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps....

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and cl...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

Soldiers ambush a house.

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men bel...

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.