Movies 1900 Page 18

A dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

1900 Gaumont version of the ubiquitous Serpentine dance, this one hand tinted. Filmmaker anonymous. (not to be mistaken with Alice Guy-Blaché's...

Two chaps, a Gramophone, and a dog called Nipper. What could possibly go wrong?

Actuality film of the British Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts presiding over the raising of the Union Jack in Pretoria during the Second Boer War....

This picture opens with the young cadets climbing the rigging and going through the sail drill on board the famous historic ship "Constellation."...

A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

Cleveland Fire Department rushes to extinguish a fire as a crowd watches.

This picture, taken from Thorneycroft's Yard, shows the two boats about twelve lenghts apart - a state of things owing to terrible weather in which...

A white cat is placed on a horse's back, with trainer and two other onlookers. c1900.

unknown director

Two comedians are washing at basins. One covers himself in white soap lather, but slyly gives blacking to his fellow, who applies vigorously.

An astonishing display of synchronised gymnastics. The looping, synchronised vaults on display here are truly mesmerising - thanks both to the skill...

In the early days of films, most regional film showings happened at the fairground. The Travelling Cinematograph of Bioscope was a popular...

Panorama of the Quai de la Seine and the pavilions of the exhibition.

In an arena, a Landes race scene with cows.

Hepworth title C.I.V. Procession: Cyclists and Infantry, catalogue no. 158 ("In their midst proudly marched a trooper who carried the flag of the...

A beautiful young blonde woman in scanty attire is seen reclining in the center of a set of a spider web. A well-dressed young man passes in front of...

Footage showing Arab riders.

Footage from the Boer War.