1899 Movies

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

People enjoying themselves in a swimming pool.

A bay horse trots.

Two grotesque minstrels are seen playing beneath a fair lady's window. She appears, and encourages one of them. The disappointed minstrel thereupon ki...

Thérèse Rentz rides a bay horse.

Footage from the Boer War.

Filmed on January 1, 1899, this Edison short shows a victory march by General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps. When watching these early films it's bes...

The funeral procession of President Félix Faure of France through Paris, 23rd February 1899.

"Taken from moving cable car leaving Brooklyn train yard, crossing entire span and arriving at New York terminus in City Hall station."

An actuality film of the P&O troopship Nubia departing Southampton for the Boer War in South Africa on 21st October 1899. War had been declared on the...

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

"This scene shows a crowd of newsboys running to meet the 'World' newspaper delivery wagon, and falling back to the point of distribution. There is a...

Short film of the audience leaving the afternoon show at Circus Carré in Amsterdam. Produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Co...

A carriage draws up, wheeling to a stop right in front of the camera. There is a cut and the camera has drawn back. The duchess steps out, pauses, the...

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton dock...

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

An exhibition of water throwing by the Ocean Company of Green, N.Y., using an old-fashioned hand power engine.

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."