Movies 1898 Page 9

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

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

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...

In front of a pavilion at the Fairground in Prague have yeomanry a parade of horse riders in folk costumes. In the front there are a lady wearing a...

A fight breaks out over a poster.

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast....

Hurrah here they come! Hot, dusty, grim and determined! Real soldiers, every inch of them! No gold lace and chalked belts and shoulder straps...

Brooklyn Jubilee Peace Parade

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...

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

A parade in the Vatican.

A man does a practical joke on a chestnut vendor.

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...

Panorama cable car of Mont-Dore.

Young people dance the Tarantella

Foaming sea breaks over rocks and a sea wall in what is believed to be Ilfracombe, on the North Devon coast. The study of waves breaking was a...

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

Four women dressed in the costume of the era perform a can-can. They were photographed from a single camera position.

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

Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

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

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...

Santa Claus comes down the chimney and delivers toys to the children.

"A splendid picture of the pride of the Spanish navy, taken on the occasion of her visit to New York Harbor, when her captain hinted at his ability...

Clips from a football match between Blackburn Rovers V. West Bromwich in 1898.

This is a wonderfully impressive picture, taken on the morning after the battle in which the Spanish navy was destroyed...

"This is an arranged scene worked out very effectively. At its opening two rowdies are seen engaged in a street fight. A crowd collects, and a...

"Shows steamer plunging head-on through the heavy seas. Huge waves break over the bow and wash the deck, almost carrying away the look-out."

It's a traveling shot from behind the railings. As the camera moves slowly along the harbor, we have a fine view of the rail. In the distance we spot...

A Vitagraph film about the war of 1898

Women getting into a fight.

If you are looking for golf history then Musselbugh Links is the place to start: it's been spoiling good walks since Charles II sat on the throne....