1898 Movies

Two shots. In one, groups of people climb up and then slide down a small hill, including pet dogs. In the other shot, people at a public pool take tur...

A family moves a cart across a narrow bridge in front of a windmill in Amsterdam.

A Vitagraph film about the war of 1898

A 'legless' man is begging on the street. When a coin misses his cup, he stands up to get it, only to be discovered and chased by a policeman.

Bullfighting short from the Lumieres

A documentary showing riders driving bulls into an arena. This is one of the origins of the San Fermín festival, best known for its bull run.

Turin Expo, 1st May 1898. Inauguration of the Italian National Exhibition in the presence of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The Parco del Valent...

An actuality

A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre Ríos,...

Black and white silent film from the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait, featuring a small group of young Aboriginal men demons...

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

“This is a replica of the famous duel with rapiers between Emile Zola, the novelist, and Henri Rochefort, the statesman. The duel takes place on the i...

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

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

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

A pretty young girl, chaperoned by her elderly father, is seated on a park bench. The old man is bent over his newspaper. The young girl's lover appea...

Members of the PHOTOGRAPHIC CONVENTION carrying tripods and cameras file past a waiting room on the deck of the Clyde steamer "Lady Rowena".

Women getting into a fight.

If you are looking for golf history then Musselbugh Links is the place to start: it's been spoiling good walks since Charles II sat on the throne. Thi...