1899 Movies

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

An actuality film of the P&O troopship Nubia departing Southampton for the Boer War in South Africa on 21st October 1899. War had been declared on the...

By offering him a drink, the doctor gets the bed-ridden patient back on his feet in a snap.

Melies short.

Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the p...

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier out...

People enjoying themselves in a swimming pool.

A jousting event.

Taken during the land parade in honor of Admiral Dewey, just before the turn into 72nd street...

This is a ladies cycling display in the summer of 1899 in London, England. It is a display/show by the Catford Cycling Club.

A couple are making love beneath the window of a cranky old gentleman. There is a handsome window garden above them filled with plants and flowers. Th...

"Taken from moving cable car leaving Brooklyn train yard, crossing entire span and arriving at New York terminus in City Hall station."

An exhibition of water throwing by the Ocean Company of Green, N.Y., using an old-fashioned hand power engine.

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

"This is taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves, from the 104th to 116 Street statio...

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.