Movies 1897 Page 8

Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

A magician performs a few tricks.

Daily practice of life boat crew, showing boat being upset purposely by the men. As these boats are self-righting and self-bailing, the scene is...

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

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 bear is the emblem of Bern, and the pit that used to house several of the animals was the most common motif in representations of the city, as...

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

At the Armour & Co. Chicago yard. Two railroad tracks dominate the center and right half of the frame as we look down about 40 meters where an...

A battery being set up.

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat...

A city view, rich in movement, shot at the corner of the Schauplatzgasse in Bern.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

A derelict discovers that a surgeon performing unnatural experiments has replaced his body.

Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

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

Near a chalet in a cow pasture in the Jura, at Frohburg (Canton of Solothurn), Jenny Lavanchy-Clarke and her children Christine, Henri, and Bertha...

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

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is serving her, a loafer steals the free lunch and puts it in...

This artist's model may never work again after his ill-advised prank. While the artist isn't looking, his model cuts a hole in the painting and puts...

A few men working at the Jonage canel, Lyon.

Actuality footage of the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris road trials — a procession of early motor “carriages” (including electric vehicles)...

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

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

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

Queen Victoria at a Buckingham Palace garden party held in June 1897, following the diamond jubilee celebrations.

Lovers are comically interrupted

A companion picture to No. 159 [THEATRE HAT]; showing how every one in an audience can get an uninterrupted view of the stage, when the ladies remove...

Mounted soldiers crossing a river.

The troops ride their horses from the right edge of the frame to the left edge of the frame. It's among the simplest of actualities, since the...

"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...

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...

Phantom ride shot from the engine front as a steam train pulling away from Wormit station in Fife, crossing the Tay rail bridge and passing south...

This Pathe actuality of men and horses fording the Marne.

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