1900 Movies

Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.

During the terrific storm all of the light craft along the dock front was lifted out of the water and washed up into the streets, many of them being c...

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.

Hi-jinx with a clown photographer

An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that focuses on the ankle of a y...

Prince Edward of York, executing the manual of arms with the British flag.

A short film

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they disappe...

Kathryn Osterman, the well-known vaudeville comedienne, in a complete exposition of the methods of "making-up" the face for the stage. She shows the p...

In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return t...

A magician presents a circular piece of paper from which he removes the flags of the allies. Then from each flag he produces a soldier from the respec...

Jeanne Chasles and Achille Viscusi dances.

A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...

A legless beggar with a sign around his neck saying "cripple" pushes himself slowly and laboriously on a trolley along the pavement, soliciting alms f...

Short film about a magician.

A woman in ballet slippers wearing a large white hat and a long white dress - with ruffles, puffy sleeves and petticoats - dances across water with ro...