Movies 1897 Page 9

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A military horse show in Basel.

A man enters and pays homage to the lady standing before him. He turns away, and the lad takes off her clothes and reveals herself as a young man:...

Military exercises in Basel.

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

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...

This Edison short takes us to San Jose, CA where we visit the Hotel Vendome (just as the title suggests).

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

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

A children’s procession that is part of the Maienzug, a festival solemnly marking the end of the school year in Aarau.

Lumière's documents life in Palestine.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

A magician performs a few tricks.

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

The hanging of child murderer, William Carr

"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...

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

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...

"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,...

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

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...

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

Crawford's had a store in Madison Square, New York. The horse-drawn buses were typical and can be seen in photographs of Madison Square at this date.