Movies 1897 Page 3

A barber creams his customer carelessly and pulls a strop attached to the customer's throat like a snare. He then stirs wildly as the customer's head...

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...

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Early silent film

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.

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

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike 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 main market square in the heart of Brussels.

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.

“By the Leanders. The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy. Bathers in all stages of dress...

Stationary camera on a railroad yard.

Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and then passes by the camera...

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

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

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...

The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by the famous Clifford, Sloane up.

State officials meeting on a landing.

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

People walking around the campus. The view shows an immense arch in the background through which are seen coming groups of students, some walking,...

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

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

A magician's trick.

Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith...

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...

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...