1898 Movies

A man of at least five faces.

Reporters rush to telegraph the latest war news.

Representing soldiers in camp washing their clothing and a general cleaning up

This is a wonderfully impressive picture, taken on the morning after the battle in which the Spanish navy was destroyed...

Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.

"Here is a film, one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of colored professionals in their favorite pastime, a cake walk. This is a winner...

A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler.

This boat was the first one to leave for the South with troops. On board is a battalion of the 5th U.S. Infantry.

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

This short film from the Edison Manufacturing Company shows, as the title pretty much sums up, some trained cavalry horses.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

"A double-decked trolley car, crowded with passengers, approaches and passes the camera. Carriages, pedestrians and bicyclists add to the action of th...

Soldiers marching up a winding trail.

French street scene.

Clips from a football match between Blackburn Rovers V. West Bromwich in 1898.

This picture was taken in front of Gen. Wheeler's headquarters at Camp Wikoff during Gen. Alger's tour of inspection of the camp. The two distinguishe...

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

Shows canal running through the suburban village of Santa Anita. Men and women pole their flat-bottom boats along, loaded down with garden produce.