Movies 1897 Page 3

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

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

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

Early water rollercoaster-type ride.

Large group of couples dancing.

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

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Another street scene of daily life.

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

Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.

Also known as 'Un incendie à Dublin I', 'Crowds Watch City Fire Brigade' and 'Crowds Watch Dublin Fire Brigade.' Lumiere Catalog no. 710.

"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."

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...

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,...

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

Stationary camera on a railroad yard.

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

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.

This film was shot on March 4, 1897 and is historic because it was the first footage shot of a sitting American President.

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

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

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

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...

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

Loïe Fuller performs a serpentine dance.

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

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...

A young boy plays with a paralyzed old lady.