Movies 1898 Page 14

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

Four Irishmen dance a jig.

Young people dance the Tarantella

Bullfighting short from the Lumieres

Short film from 1897

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A fight breaks out over a poster.

Children entering and exiting a schoolhouse.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop. There is no known director for this film, although it is included in the filmography of Alice...

"A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they...

Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city. Gaston Breteau filmed the original film in early 1898 for Lumiére, and also the remake in...

Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating...

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

Man in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to life. The man expresses great love and desire for her, but...