1898 Movies

These four views were taken from a riverboat; they represent the most interesting parts of the journey through Paris. Panorama of the docks and the Se...

Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned 'Sunset Limited' trains pass each other.

In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and tur...

“In these two images [see Nos. 1273 and 1274], the dancers are performing different movements; in No. [1273], they are carrying parasols, and in No. [...

A very short Edison actuality showing a circle dance by Pueblo Indians: some in feathered headdresses, others without, moving around a drummer, each b...

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations, vista...

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

Filmed in 1898 by Edison cameramen, this actuality records Pueblo dancers performing the traditional Eagle Dance. The performers, clad in feathered re...

A religious procession during the Holy Week in Seville, Spain.

The pope resting.

Interesting types of Mexicans watch the arrivals by the train. Sombreros, serapes and mantillas give the scene a very distinctive foreign appearance.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of soldiers,...