1898 Movies

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was taken...

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

Acrobatics involving a couple of clowns and a dog trainer.

Of the thousand and more men who left New York for the Cuban Campaign, scarcely three hundred were able to shoulder their rifles to march before the B...

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

Directed by James H. White.

"Here is a film, one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of colored professionals in their favorite pastime, a cake walk. This is a winner...

"These four views [cf. Nos. 794 to 797] were taken by riverboat; they represent the most interesting parts of the crossing of Paris. "Panorama of the...

A “phantom ride” taken from the buffers of an engine on the London and South West Railway through the Ilfracombe area: the reservoirs, Morthroe, Ilfra...

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a wider view and shows more of the vaudeville stylings of Sai...

Branding calves in 1898.

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

Scene of pilgrimage fair in a Czechoslavic village.

Soldiers marching up a winding trail.

The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.