Movies 1897 Page 2

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

The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the...

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

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

Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.

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

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

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

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

Uniformed men march in step, in widely spaced ranks of each other.

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.

Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé de l’artillerie...

Taken on the S.P. Railroad, near tunnel No. 9. The train comes rushing out of the tunnel and passes at full speed...

Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot. They wear tights, ballet...

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

Men on field. Boxing. Both wear numbers on back. Large round-hose swings. Several men apparently refereeing. One with striped pants. Possible at west...

Two carts, one with a boat on it, are being pushed out of a garage.

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...

An 1897 travelogue of a bullock turning a cog to work a water pump in Egypt. Director/Cinematographer - Henry Short. Made as part of a follow-up...

This Edison short takes us to San Jose, CA where we visit the Hotel Vendome (just as the title suggests).

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

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward...

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

"Shows a large flock of sheep being driven from the cars to the slaughter house."

A young boy plays with a paralyzed old lady.

This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

"It dashes up just in time to gather in the crowd of rowdies that are fighting. The policemen hustle the toughs off to the station house."

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,...

A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.