Movies 1897

Short film from (1897)

State officials meeting on a landing.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...

The main market square in the heart of Brussels.

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Clarence Dock

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

State officials meeting on a landing.

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is composed...

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action...

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen...

A magician's trick.

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group...

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

This was the first ship sailing for the Klondike from Seattle during the gold rush of 1897. The picture shows the excitement and enthusiasm that...

From Edison films catalog: Taken during the Klondike excitement. The streets are crowded with miners buying outfits and supplies. Mule trains,...

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...

At the Armour & Co. Chicago yard. Two railroad tracks dominate the center and right half of the frame as we look down about 40 meters where an...

A ship in a harbor.

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by."

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...