1900 Movies

A succession of British soldiers are carried up a gangplank by stretcher-bearers from the quayside to a hospital ship at Durban; walking casualties ma...

A Skirmish with the Boers Near Kimberley by a Troop of Cavalry Scouts Attached to General French's Column. A staged attack by British troops in South...

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

The approach to a cantilever bridge is shown. The camera is on the front of the car traveling over the rails. The car crosses the cantilever bridge, m...

Animal herding across a large river.

The scenes opens by showing the battleships maneuvering for a position. They finally draw up in line of battle and commence firing on the shore batter...

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.

George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.

Short film about a magician.

Royal Navy recruits firing cannons and rifles on board a ship.

This short film, along with other experimental sound films, is thought to have been recorded for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle' of 1900.

Shot in 1900, the film is of Elizabeth Yates, a trailblazing woman elected Mayor of Onehunga in 1893 – just a few weeks after New Zealand women became...

A panoramic bird's-eye view of Paris and the Exposition. Taken from a captive balloon, the camera being pointed downward so that the exact effect is o...

Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.

This 270-degree panorama in England starts on Bristol's iconic suspension bridge - an engineering triumph designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The cam...

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

Workers of all ages depart Oldroyd's wool mill – and the filmmakers' camera is a subject of curiosity.