Movies 1898 Page 3

A short documentary capturing the officers and crew of the USS Brooklyn during a naval parade in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1, 1898, following...

American Indians dancing.

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

In front of each bare headed woman is a flat rock, used as a wash board. Stream of water near by.

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...

Interesting types of Mexicans watch the arrivals by the train. Sombreros, serapes and mantillas give the scene a very distinctive foreign appearance.

Arguably the first animation film in Spain, where two ships collide.

"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. This picture shows a procession of the resident Chinese of San Francisco, carrying banners,...

Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burning building. Very realistic.

Skating scene.

Children entering and exiting a schoolhouse.

A farmer kisses a lean girl.

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

Shows canal running through the suburban village of Santa Anita. Men and women pole their flat-bottom boats along, loaded down with garden produce.

Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approaching from a distance.

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

Taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais scenic railroad, Marin county, California, from a flat car following the engine.

An active outdoor film with cattle being driven from an outdoor corral by mounted cowboys.

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...

Street scene of LA in 1898.

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...

This film shows the summit portion of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the Tamalpais Tavern resort, and part of the adjacent east...

The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse of the bull.

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from his...

Filmed in 1898 by Edison cameramen, this actuality records Pueblo dancers performing the traditional Eagle Dance. The performers, clad in feathered...

Old pig and ten little ones.

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

Parade footage.

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

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of...

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

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

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

The camera sails off, giving us a view of the port from the water.

The pope resting.

The pope taking a twilight walk.

An adaptation of the folk tale.

Reconstruction, with models, of the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana. Samir Benhalilou contacted Méliès' granddaughter and she confirmed...