1897 Movies

“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal...

A young boy dances on a table top.

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the ca...

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

An artist attempts to touch his model who is playing Venus. Later remade in 1900. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-c...

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the turret suggests th...

A man pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Available in a fragment in flipbook version only.

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are th...

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." - f...

A group of kids play in a stream.

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

The view represents a street in Paris along which pumps descend drawn by horses; the crowd follows en masse.

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

Various parts of the procession to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.