Movies 1898 Page 2

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

Staging of the title event.

American Indians dancing.

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora...

Two men with three lordships between them.

A group of children in a pillow fight.

A hypnotist tricks his patients. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice...

The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Georges Hatot.

Skating scene.

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Scene of the last supper.

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

"A double-decked trolley car, crowded with passengers, approaches and passes the camera. Carriages, pedestrians and bicyclists add to the action of...

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

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking...

An impressive eight-some performs some Victorian gymnastics for the camera

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

The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only...

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

A parade in the Vatican.

Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned 'Sunset Limited' trains pass each other.

"Here was built the peerless battleship 'Oregon.' The scene is taken at lunch hour, and shows a great throng of employees leaving the shop."

The Humpty Dumpty Circus is the first animated short film created in stop-motion technique. It features a circus with acrobats and animals in motion.

Shows the entire flock running around the corral with great strides and outstretched wings.

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...

The pope taking a twilight walk.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...