1899 Movies

"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...

A scene performed by a shinpa troupe.

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

A carriage draws up, wheeling to a stop right in front of the camera. There is a cut and the camera has drawn back. The duchess steps out, pauses, the...

A scene in Amsterdam.

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...

"This is taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves, from the 104th to 116 Street statio...

Footage from the Boer War.

Short film about an express steamer

Actuality footage.

A monkey and his trainer do acrobatics in a small enclosure.

[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...

A crowd passes by the camera.

Out at sea with boats passing by.

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...

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

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

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

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