1898 Movies

Agents chase down rooftop criminals, and after a series of grotesque twists and turns, they finally get their hands on them.

The title is as detailed as any description can get.

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving tr...

Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burning building. Very realistic.

"A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass...

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men bel...

Don Juan Tenorio is a 1898 Mexican silent drama film directed by Salvador Toscano who was Mexico’s first filmmaker and is also the first film adaptati...

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag,...

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

"Shows steamer plunging head-on through the heavy seas. Huge waves break over the bow and wash the deck, almost carrying away the look-out."

The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom lost th...

Short comedy

The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.

A splendid picture of the President, coming down the steps of the Treasury Building and walking towards the camera. [Description refers to a re-issued...