1898 Movies

Young people dance the Tarantella

Georges Hatot and Gaston Bretaeau with Henri Vallouy, a Gaumont employee, acting as cinematographer. Breteau himself seems to have taken the main role...

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan),during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on...

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then perform...

DUPLICATE of Countryside Near Amsterdam? [A draught-dog, unwilling to do its work, lets its load fall into the water.]

Agents chase down rooftop criminals, and after a series of grotesque twists and turns, they finally get their hands on them.

A documentary short from Edison Manufacturing Company.

A fight breaks out over a poster.

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.

Eight mounted cowboys pursue an escaped steer, riding at furious speed. Fine exhibition of lasso throwing. Mexican International.

Italian and German sovereigns, Umberto I and Margherita of Savoy, Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, walking down the stairs and b...

Two bearded sages engage ina dispute before a large cauldron, from which they summon up Mephistopheles.

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.

The Humpty Dumpty Circus is the first animated short film created in stop-motion technique. It features a circus with acrobats and animals in motion.