1899 Movies

Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a lett...

The busy Frederick Street in Berlin.

Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shore...

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously w...

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is...

A short French fantasy film.

A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli an...

Street scene: Arch de Triumph.

Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari.

Wilhelm II. arrives in Haifa, Israel.

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the camera....

An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the Boer War in South Africa.

"Grandpa sits nodding in his armchair in the kitchen, where a sout, jolly washerwoman is washing clothes. While the woman leaves the tub to talk to a...

The scene opens with a salesman displaying corsets to the buyer of a country store. He calls in a female model and tries a corset on her. While the bu...

Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of g...

A man with a tin of Van Houten Cocoa is treated to a splash of water.