1897 Movies

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).

Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

Children enjoying the seaside.

Lumière's documents life in Palestine.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

Boys diving into a river.

Shows the S.S. "Queen" at Seattle with an immense crowd of miners crowding the decks of the boat and the docks, carrying aboard baggage, implements, e...

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. Man in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to life...

A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., which is operated in connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad Co...

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.