1900 Movies

Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things...

An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.

A chimney sweep and a miller become involved in a street fight. The sweep has a bag of soot on his back, and the miller a bag of flour.

A turn-of-the-last-century hand-tinted short, which features two women, Miss Lally and Miss Julyett, dancing at a ball. By the legendary French filmma...

This very dramatic scene appears to come from the heart of the Boer War action, but on closer inspection it is clear that Joe Rosenthal staged this sc...

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from the...

A short film

Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the bac...

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

Visitors come and go to the thermal springs of Le Mont-Dore. Some are wrapped up in warm garments, some arrive in palanquins.

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.

"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot", "Arrivée d'Arlequin",...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.

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

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

Carlotta Zambelli dances for the camera.

This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some won...