1898 Movies

"The first U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats onto the long railroad pier." - from the Edi...

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

A documentary short from Edison Manufacturing Company.

The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom lost th...

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

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many magnifi...

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

"Here was built the peerless battleship 'Oregon.' The scene is taken at lunch hour, and shows a great throng of employees leaving the shop."

Dotting the horizon on the right of the picture is the great fleet of transports, while scattered all along the beach and piled high to the left are h...

The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

The title is as detailed as any description can get.

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

The famous show makes a parade.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.