1899 Movies

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...

Footage from the Boer War.

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...

From a single camera position, two young women are photographed lighting a cigarette. After several puffs, one of the young ladies becomes faint, and...

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 magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier out...

A crowd swarms on Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the horse tram. In the background, we see the outline of Central Station.

Showing Central Park in the background.

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...

You see a shot of three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road with some mountains in the far background...

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

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

An acrobatic act.

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans. The rebel flag waves over the ditch and...

"A splendid marching picture of the brave Gordons in bearskins and kilts passing before Lord Wolseley."

As Camilla sleeps in the garden of Tollhouse Inn, Roland steals a vial of elixir from under her skirt.

Phantom train ride along the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco