1897 Movies

"Two German anglers are fishing, with odd results. One gets a bite, and pulls in a length of stovepipe. The other is so astonished that he falls overb...

"Two men, with hands tied, are eating huckleberry pies for a wager, direct from the plates. Their faces and shirts are clean when they start. Extra lu...

A magician performs a few tricks.

Procession of the sacred carpet.

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around the same...

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

A Roman street scene from the Lumière Brothers.

Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and then passes by the camera...

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.