1897 Movies

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

One reel containing actuality footage of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street). Some of the earliest known film footage of Ireland.

Another critically acclaimed Lumiere street scene.

More 19th century city life.

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and...

The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the...

The hen house occupies the entire left foreground of the picture, running back to the nearby road. The main foreground is filled with tall grass swept...

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their t...

A shot of traffic in front of Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles.

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.