1899 Movies

The Buffoons are artists in their line. They tumble in and out of trick doors, disappear and reappear in unexpected places in most unexpected ways. Su...

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

Fun at the beach.

Spectators on the quayside at Southampton wave farewell as the crowded troopship Roslin Castle moves away to the right of the picture. Large numbers o...

A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.

This picture shows the Columbia crossing the line, leading the Shamrock by about 1/2 mile. The Shamrock is plainly seen in the distance and she later...

A close view of an eighty-footer, schooner rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor, near Robins' Reef, which picturesq...

A man films people passing through a gate.

This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts do...

"A side splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed, by th...

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

Leopoldo Fregoli plays the guitar to set-up a gag.

Paris seen from a boat, in this Lumière short film.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

Asian remake of Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory, apparently.

He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is li...

"This is a very remarkable picture, showing Union Square, New York City, during the great March blizzard of 1899. The camera was stationed at the corn...

A fishing boat is tossed by a rough sea off the coast of Italy.

One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.