Movies 1900 Page 20

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

Directed by F.B. Thanawala.

This picture was taken at the historical point signified by the above title, where so many daring and venturesome miners have lost their lives in...

Silent record of a performance by Joseph Pujol. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly...

In this picture some very remarkable effects are obtained by the reversal of the motion of the negative. A man comes home, somewhat under the...

his film was shot in an alley of San Francisco's Chinatown on Saturday, September 15, 1900, at midday. The topography of the site (sloping down to...

A couple of clowns try to ride a pennyfarthing around a stage, while fighting.

The famous Polytechnic Harriers, one of Britain’s premier athletic clubs, who would later open the 1908 London Olympics, running a paper chase –...

New Zealand's oldest surviving film shows a troop of horsemen from the Boer War Second Contingent in camp at one of the open days held before their...

Actuality film recording the entry of British Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts into Pretoria during the Second Boer War. The scenes show the...

A panoramic bird's-eye view of Paris and the Exposition. Taken from a captive balloon, the camera being pointed downward so that the exact effect is...

A splendid scene, showing a large number of curious Filipino boats being worked on the Pasig River near Manila by natives. The picture is unusually...

This British Bioscope short from 1900 is a crackerjack piece, on an order with 1903's FIREBOAT 'NEW YORKER' ANSWERING AN ALARM. It's little more than...

A short film

A Boer throws a bomb into the British Red Cross tent and wounds a nurse.

A comical fight between two Hebrews; one a pushcart man, and the other a suspender peddler.

A day at the beach in 1901.

Coolie Boys Diving for Coins positions a scene, popularised in early film generally, within a distinctly colonial context. As with similar films, it...

This film belongs to the PHONO CINEMA THEATRE programme that ran during the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1900, with synchronized screenings of...