Movies 1897 Page 5

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

Surrounded by an escort and preceded by the Prefect, President Félix Faure saluted as he advanced.

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.

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.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.

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...

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.

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

Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.

"A fascinating skirt dance by the well-known roof garden favorite."

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

Men burning a pile of wood.

Short released in 1897.

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra...

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among...

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

“Shows the vessel after she has been fully turned and on her way across the Pacific. The boat shows large and clear with smoke coming from the...

At first this looks like another of those innumerable fire brigade movies of the era in which you saw the horses charging pellmell out of the...

The victim is lying on a trolley car fender. Ambulance drives up and the injured man is removed in a stretcher.

Military in Germany.

Another Edison film of a ship departing.

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

"This picture, taken from a rapidly moving tug, gives a very comprehensive idea of the lower end of New York City, including prominent sky-scrapers,...

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

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...

Brief actuality footage showing Queen Victoria's open landau, bearing the Princess of Wales and Princess Christian. The location and filmmaker remain...

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...