Movies 1897 Page 32

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

An elderly man wearing a silk top hat, mesmerises sparrows –and his audience- in a public square.

"As performed by Annabelle, the famous premier danseuse. A charmingly graceful representation of the light and airy flight of a butterfly. Beautiful...

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

A few men working at the Jonage canel, Lyon.

Shows the discomfiture of those who are seated behind large hats at the theatre.

Remake of the 1895 comedy by the Lumière Brothers. A similar scene is filmed from a different angle, and a young man has replaced the prankster...

After several athletes have tried unsuccessfully to pole vault, one last gymnast performs a perfect jump.

"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern high-power gun in act of discharge. The immense gun, weighing...

The great automobile fire engine on its way to a conflagration, accompanied by hose wagons, etc. A very exciting scene.

Clip showing president François Félix Faure and entourage walking the street.

'The 'Nordland,' and 'Teutonic,' two well-known transatlantic steamers proceeding out of New York Harbor at full speed, bound for their trip across...

On the Coney Island steeple-chase, the wooden horses dash up and down the inclines with weird effect. The picture shows a crowd of people, including...

This picture is very notable from the fact that at the end of the scene, after the run-by of various engines and hose wagons, an engine was forced...

"Result of a shot from the ten-inch disappearing gun."

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

Mounted soldiers crossing a river.

Images of Parisian women

As a train comes to a halt, workers begin to unload the gravel it is transporting.