1900 Movies

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

Traditional dance to a flute tune.

Visitors walk the gardens of Champ-de-Mars.

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

A performance with sound from comedian Jules Moy.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.

Photographed February-March, 1898 in Canton, China

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

An advertisement made for Dewar's whisky brand.

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.

From behind a curtain three men appear on screen. The first wears a combination of tuxedo and kilt. The second wears a Scottish kilt and holds a spear...

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

Panorama of the Swiss city.