1899 Movies

Reenactment of action in the Spanish-American War.

A parade of soldiers.

An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on 23r...

Short film of the audience leaving the afternoon show at Circus Carré in Amsterdam. In the early years of film, shots of visitors after a performance...

People enjoying themselves in a swimming pool.

Recreation of military maneuvers in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.

Actuality film of miners entering a mine.

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the Tun...

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan),during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on...

A military procession.

Near the fountain on Amsterdam’s Frederiksplein, various people kneel down in venerating poses. The film was shot from the Paleis voor Volksvlijt.

A parade of flower-adorned cars passes the crowd. On the sidewalk, a cinematographer films the scene.

This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while...

A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in excite...

Part of the 'Giant Postcards' series, a filmed entr'acte screened during the play 'De Nieuwe Prikkel' by August Reyding. Camilla and Roland take the p...

Positively the most wonderful series of pictures ever secured by an animated picture camera. The first scene is taken from the pond of the chutes, and...

Circus bears showing their tricks.