1899 Movies

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,...

Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of g...

Showing Central Park in the background.

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

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...

Up the road comes a detachment of infantry, firing, advancing, kneeling and firing, again and again...

[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']

Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shore...

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

People spill drink on themselves, supposedly after a poker game during the Yukon Gold Rush.

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

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

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers parad...

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

Filmed while the Christian IX, King of Denmark, and his family was taking their picture.

Arrival of Commander Marchand at Military Circle in Paris.

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...

Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is bel...

The scene opens with a salesman displaying corsets to the buyer of a country store. He calls in a female model and tries a corset on her. While the bu...

The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.