1898 Movies

Two bearded sages engage ina dispute before a large cauldron, from which they summon up Mephistopheles.

Close-up on a face laughing & laughing, then not crying & crying.

Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels...

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in Sou...

American Indians dancing.

"On the way to San[ta] Monica, Cal., the train approaches, runs through and emerges from a tunnel. Train passes in opposite direction. Camera is at fr...

The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal.

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

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general air...

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

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

Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.

Leopoldo Fregoli pose as various composers.

A farmer kisses a lean girl.

Here is a freight train of thirty cars loaded with baggage and ambulance supplies for the 9th U.S. Cavalry.

"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. This picture shows a procession of the resident Chinese of San Francisco, carrying banners, flag...

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

A wide plain, dotted with tents, gleaming in white in the bright sunshine. Soldiers moving about everywhere...