1899 Movies

Two women in long skirts, wearing hats, and carrying umbrellas, gossip beside a fence. Two men on the other side of the fence reach through from under...

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

A scene in Amsterdam.

Actuality footage.

"In this picture is shown a group of ten of the most magnificent St. Bernard dogs in the world; all of them being many times prize winners. The dogs c...

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

A silent film, likely about someone leaving a bath. Erotic film from Gaumont.

"Positively the most realistic and exciting fire run ever offered to exhibitors. It shows the entire horseless fire department of Boston, accompanied...

A scene performed by a shinpa troupe.

Boers kill a dozing sentry, attack the camp and rob dead soldiers.

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.

This rapid panorama isn't as smooth as the average 'Phantom Ride' - an early example of 'shaky-cam' war photography? Filmmaker WKL Dickson asked that...

Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th...

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

A beautiful phantom ride across the Firth of Forth from Dalmeny near Edinburgh to Dunfermline, crossing the famous Forth Bridge, then less than a deca...

Several scenes of Sanger’s Circus parading through Windsor Great Park after meeting Queen Victoria on the terrace at Windsor Castle. This scene is mis...

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

Reproduction of the famous painting by Garnier.