1898 Movies

Here is a freight train of thirty cars loaded with baggage and ambulance supplies for the 9th U.S. Cavalry.

Workmen fix a walkway with bitumen.

A ‘phantom ride’ taken from the front of a train passing through the Devon town of Barnstaple.

This picture has been very popular wherever it has been shown on the Biograph. To begin with, the film is unusually fine photographically, and the pic...

Beautiful Spanish Dance by Carolina Otero.

Members of the photographic convention carrying tripods and cameras file past a waiting room on the deck of the Clyde steamer “Lady Rowena”. Members o...

A farmer kisses a lean girl.

Fourth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

Windmills along the River Zaan.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse of the bull.

First comes the famous Marine Band of the 'Brooklyn,' with the mascot goat beside the bass drum. The 300 marines follow in rapid marching order, a six...

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in Sou...

"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. This picture shows a procession of the resident Chinese of San Francisco, carrying banners, flag...

View coming down a hill towards a river.

The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.

The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom lost th...

From one angle, a line of soldiers are shown walking up the gangplank.

"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous dexte...