Work on the wreck of the ship "Maine."
On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a...
Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background
A most excellent picture of the grim old fortress which stands at the entrance of Havana Harbor...
Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burning building. Very realistic.
Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.
The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the...
Eight mounted cowboys pursue an escaped steer, riding at furious speed. Fine exhibition of lasso throwing. Mexican International.
Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.
A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of...
The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play
Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith
Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.
A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
A bunch of naked boys jump and splash in the water right on one of the canals of Venice. There's even the tail end of one of the gondolas to make...
An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.
Young people dance the Tarantella
"Here is a film, one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of colored professionals in their favorite pastime, a cake walk. This is a winner...
The camera is on a boat traveling from Pier 14 toward Battery Park. The North River (now the Hudson), busy with tugs, is in the foreground. The...
This 1898 film is the earliest known surviving footage relating to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. Sir George Newnes, who first published...
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Beautiful Spanish Dance by Carolina Otero.
This picture was taken in front of Gen. Wheeler's headquarters at Camp Wikoff during Gen. Alger's tour of inspection of the camp. The two...
generally credited as the first known film by a Canadian filmmaker
During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving...
Taken at the Dry Tortugas, and shows the most powerful fighting machine in the world today as she lies at anchor taking on coal...
This silent film captures scenes of the Blackpool Tower and the tramway, showcasing the town's trams and coastline. It's a valuable piece of early...
Two shots. In one, groups of people climb up and then slide down a small hill, including pet dogs. In the other shot, people at a public pool take...
The interior of a country school is shown. The teacher has stepped out for a moment, and all the youngsters are carrying on. Two wicked little...
Children Playing on the Beach at Rhyl
Santa delivers toys to some children, not all of which have been nice. A fairy helps with handing out the presents.
The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.
All the fun of the fair in this Victorian film, made in the early years of Newcastle's famous Hoppings
Four women dressed in the costume of the era perform a can-can. They were photographed from a single camera position.
A 'legless' man is begging on the street. When a coin misses his cup, he stands up to get it, only to be discovered and chased by a policeman.
A ‘phantom ride’ taken from the front of a train passing through the Devon town of Barnstaple.
Directed by Prof. Stevenson.
Clips from a football match between Blackburn Rovers V. West Bromwich in 1898.
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