1899 Movies

A beautiful phantom ride across the Firth of Forth from Dalmeny near Edinburgh to Dunfermline, crossing the famous Forth Bridge, then less than a deca...

A scene in Amsterdam.

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

This scene is laid in a barber shop. A customer enters and takes his seat in the chair. The barber places the cloth about his neck, sharpens his razor...

A silent film, likely about someone leaving a bath. Erotic film from Gaumont.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

"This scene shows a crowd of newsboys running to meet the 'World' newspaper delivery wagon, and falling back to the point of distribution. There is a...

Pennsylvania's historic Horseshoe Curve, photographed by an Edison cameraman in 1899.

Troyes captured by the Lumiere Brothers

An actuality film of the P&O troopship Nubia departing Southampton for the Boer War in South Africa on 21st October 1899. War had been declared on the...

The dispersal of the Companies following the review of the 1st and 2nd Life Guards by Queen Victoria at Spital Barracks. The Companies, drawn up in si...

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

A view of the arch from Fifth Avenue, the day after the great Dewey parade, showing the crowd of sight-seers, traffic, etc.

"Rodzajowe scenki warszawskie" is a Polish silent film directed by Bolesław Matuszewski, showcasing everyday life and urban scenes from Warsaw at the...

Well-known horse-women and their mounts riding before the judge's stand at the Open Air Horse Show, Manhattan Field, N.Y. City.

A spy rejects a bandage and is shot by a firing squad.

Actuality footage.

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

Footage from the Boer War.

This is a ladies cycling display in the summer of 1899 in London, England. It is a display/show by the Catford Cycling Club.