1897 Movies

Two gymnasts successively perform various exercises on a pommel horse.

Early short film

It's a public pool, where some men stand by the pool, some dive into it, and other simply enjoy being being in the water.

A comedy skit with drinking and animal tricks.

Sulkies and riders pass by.

Comedy routine featuring two clowns. Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among the...

Pobyt cara w Spale (1897),also known as The Tsar's Stay in Spala, is a Polish silent documentary film directed by Bolesław Matuszewski. It documents...

A very short Lumière-era actuality shot depicting daily life on 59th Street, viewed from or across Central Park, New York. The film likely shows pedes...

Showing the Austrian Emperor laying the corner stone of a new military barracks.

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra lu...

Two groups of horsemen parade, preceded by music.

As a train comes to a halt, workers begin to unload the gravel it is transporting.

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting; their...

An early, short film that featured footage of animals, which was common in the cinema of that era.

Parade March of the First Foot Guard Regiment.

An 1897 travelogue of a bullock turning a cog to work a water pump in Egypt. Director/Cinematographer - Henry Short. Made as part of a follow-up ser...

A few men working at the Jonage canel, Lyon.