1899 Movies

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Tw...

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.

Reenactment of action in the Spanish-American War.

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the Boer War in South Africa.

Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them on a pyramid-shaped stage....

Melies short.

This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while...

Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and Demange, with...

"An interesting exhibit by Hadji Cheriff, of the original Midway Plaisance. Twirls his rifle over his shoulder, behind back, under leg, both hands and...

Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are follow...

A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

Shows the efficiency of modern life-saving methods and apparatus now in use by the fire departments. Shows the front of a building burning and two lad...

Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.

An early short film from the Lumière brothers.

Circus bears showing their tricks.