1898 Movies

This film shows the summit portion of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the Tamalpais Tavern resort, and part of the adjacent east p...

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

Magnificent action is displayed by this troop of Mexican cavalry. They approach at full speed, with drawn sabres, wheel rapidly, and charge in the opp...

Patriotic celebration in Lausanne marking the centenary of the independence of the Canton of Vaud.

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers.

Street scene shot from a balloon.

First part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII. Th...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Pedestrian traffic in a square.

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

The Humpty Dumpty Circus is the first animated short film created in stop-motion technique. It features a circus with acrobats and animals in motion.

"The fashionable set is parading in the park, after church. The concourse is composed of all nationalities, including several groups of pretty senorit...

Fourth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

A “phantom ride” taken from the buffers of an engine on the London and South West Railway through the Ilfracombe area: the reservoirs, Morthroe, Ilfra...

The famous show makes a parade.

Young people dance the Tarantella

Advertising in the center of St. Gallen.

Shows the despatch boat of the 'New York Journal' steaming through the water, having aboard the war correspondents.