1899 Movies

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

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

The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.

Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.

A train heads for a tunnel. In one car, a restless man smokes, and a woman is reading on the seat opposite him. In the darkness of the tunnel, he rise...

Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the Hospital de Clínicas de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires.

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

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.

Circus bears showing their tricks.

Queen Victoria seated in her carriage with her back to the camera (on the left hand side of the frame, barely visible),and surrounded by invited gues...

The king of Cambodia visits a palace.

A soldier is promoted for bravery, marries a Red Cross girl, and goes home to his parents.

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

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.

Four mountaineers descend a snow-covered mountain.

A countryman goes to see a spiritualist and is frightened by what he sees.

A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.

Edison released this as part of their "Northern Pacific Rainway" and "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park" series.