1898 Movies

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

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters,...

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only fort...

A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

An oddly routed parade.

The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then perform...

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan),during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on...

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving tr...

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when t...