Movies 1897

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

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

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

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

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

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

Short film from (1897)

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.

A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.

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

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

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

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

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along...

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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.

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

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...

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 Victorian couple dancing.

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white...

From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This observatory, the gift of James Lick,...

“Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide.” (Edison film...

The crew of seven dressed in cork jackets, push the boat through the surf; they clamber in and row out to the wreck. 50 ft.

A ship in a harbor.

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

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat...