Movies 1900 Page 9

A splendid picture of the remarkable centrifuge railroad at Coney Island in which the car makes a complete circle in its course around the track,...

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin de Siecle...

A short skit in which vaudeville duo Foottit and Chocolat reenact the Wilhelm Tell routine.

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

Photographed February-March, 1898 in Canton, China

Two bad boys enter the kitchen. One climbs to the kitchen table and takes down the old lamp, the other goes to the flour barrel and scoops out some...

This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and...

Visitors walk the gardens of Champ-de-Mars.

"This is the last ceremonious public appearance of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The picture was taken in Phoenix Park, Dublin, April 4th, 1900, and...

A turn-of-the-last-century hand-tinted short, which features two women, Miss Lally and Miss Julyett, dancing at a ball. By the legendary French...

"The Bath" is a flip book remake of After the Ball (Après le Bal) made in the late 1800s.

Pedestrian traffic on a square, somewhere in Tokyo.

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

A man flirts with a milk maid.

A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.

The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady...

Yet another Lumiere parade shot.

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...

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

A Skirmish with the Boers Near Kimberley by a Troop of Cavalry Scouts Attached to General French's Column. A staged attack by British troops in South...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Newly-arrived British troops march away from the jetty towards a square and are surrounded by the waiting crowds.

Lumière short on the 1900 World's Fair

You’ll need your sea legs to watch this film, which was apparently filmed from a perilous position on the ship’s mast - in rough seas. This is a...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He...

Directed by F.B. Thanawala.

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water...

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

This striking film re-stages an episode from the Matabele wars between African natives and British infantry

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...

"A series of admirable living pictures, posed by competent artists, and faithfully representing well-known art masterpieces, notably the works of...