1899 Movies

George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won withou...

An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on 23r...

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

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...

Crackers faux shooting and feigning getting shot in the Philippine-american war.

A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.

Street scene: Arch de Triumph.

Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.

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

The Shamrock is seen after its defeat in the 1899 America's Cup, along with the Erin, which served as its tow boat across the Atlantic.

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

"'Neidert,' of national fame, does stunts on his wheel that are simply wonderful. Makes his bicycle rear up

A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

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

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

Following a shot of a newspaper that outlines the hardships of living in the Klondike, there are scenes a typical Klondike town, of people on a raft,...

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

Fun at the beach.

Two women in long skirts, wearing hats, and carrying umbrellas, gossip beside a fence. Two men on the other side of the fence reach through from under...