1898 Movies

​"Sceny z naszego 'turfu' na Polu Mokotowskim i inne rodzajowe lokalne, warszawskie" (translated as "Scenes from Our 'Turf' in Mokotów Field and Other...

A short film capturing Manila streets.

All the fun of the fair in this Victorian film, made in the early years of Newcastle's famous Hoppings

“This is a replica of the famous duel with rapiers between Emile Zola, the novelist, and Henri Rochefort, the statesman. The duel takes place on the i...

Funeral party walking with hoods on.

A fine picture of the launching of this splendid battleship; taken from the water. The vessel is shown sliding down the ways, plunging into the sea; a...

Black-and-white silent film from the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait, featuring a small group of young Aboriginal men demons...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

As a woman waits outside of a window, a man rides up on horseback, and she jumps on behind him. As the two of them ride off to elope, one of the man's...

Film produced by William K. Dickson's British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Short film on Intramuros

The power of moving photography is exploited in this early film, not to dazzle audiences' eyes but to turn their stomachs. The camera is mounted on th...

Filming of a storm in Riazor Beach, Galicia (Spain).

An actuality

An actuality. Well dressed people sit by the Scheveningen shore. Men play in the sea beside a horse and cart in the water; there are boats in the dist...

Some boys are seated at a table outdoors for a meal when a fight breaks out.

A panoramic short of Manila landscapes.