1899 Movies

A lost film. A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.

Filmed on January 1, 1899, this Edison short shows a victory march by General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps. When watching these early films it's bes...

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...

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier out...

A fishing boat is tossed by a rough sea off the coast of Italy.

Street scene: Arch de Triumph.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

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

A procession of young male athletes.

One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.

A couple of women stand in a field, using pitch forks to separate burning grass. Men run away from the event. Meanwhile, a third woman stands to the r...

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

Beginning of a race.

A military parade through Berlin.