1899 Movies

Military parade in Germany.

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

The cook in the kitchen leaves a pan of potatoes while she answers the door bell. Willie takes advantage of her absence to put the potatoes in the ref...

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

A scene in Amsterdam.

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

Actuality footage.

Troyes captured by the Lumiere Brothers

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

It looks like peasants dancing in their holiday finery, the women wearing long skirts, the men britches and flowered hats. They set into pairs and wal...

A postman sits in a garden chair and is served with food by a maid. He kisses her. The amorous couple are then squirted with water from a garden syrin...

[DUPLICATE of 'After... Circus Carré'.] While he was trying, Dickson made the same sort of movie that others had before him. This is an imitation of a...

Out at sea with boats passing by.

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.

Silent film.