1899 Movies

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

Circus bears showing their tricks.

'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...

The famous Parisian chanteuse in the rag-time cakewalk 'Hello, Ma Baby,' with which she made such a sensation at the New York Theatre.

This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while...

Arrival of Commander Marchand at Military Circle in Paris.

A soldier is promoted for bravery, marries a Red Cross girl, and goes home to his parents.

"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...

Local workers climb the slope pushing carts.

A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

Edison released this as part of their "Northern Pacific Rainway" and "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park" series.

"Showing the gallant Admiral standing directly in front of the camera, life size, his head bare, graciously bidding his guests adieu. This was exhibit...

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

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

This picture shows the Canadian troops departing from Quebec for the war in Transvaal. The scene opens with the soldiers clad in campaign uniform, mar...

Shows a group of sailors and an officer at the stern. The flag runs out in a ball to the end of the staff, and, at the signal, is broken. Proudly the...