1899 Movies

Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the Borde...

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday, Ja...

An embarkation reportage film from the Boer War, a popular film subject at this time. Soldiers with bicycles appear in this parade. The British Army b...

A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.

Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is bel...

Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the Hospital de Clínicas de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires.

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

“Another exhibition by Prof. Leonidas' troop of cats and dogs. One of the dogs is shown stealing his dinner from the table in his master's absence. In...

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

A group of acrobats form human pyramids.

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leaves),in which Danjuro played opposite Onoe Kikugoro...

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe.

Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.

Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.