1897 Movies

Shows the discomfiture of those who are seated behind large hats at the theatre.

A companion picture to No. 159 [THEATRE HAT]; showing how every one in an audience can get an uninterrupted view of the stage, when the ladies remove...

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

This Pathe actuality of men and horses fording the Marne.

Early short film

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is serving her, a loafer steals the free lunch and puts it in...

'The 'Nordland,' and 'Teutonic,' two well-known transatlantic steamers proceeding out of New York Harbor at full speed, bound for their trip across th...

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

"This active little animal has made a great hit wherever he has appeared on the vaudeville stage. A large bag is suspended by a cord so that it is jus...

1897 indian short

The troops ride their horses from the right edge of the frame to the left edge of the frame. It's among the simplest of actualities, since the framing...

Brief actuality footage showing Queen Victoria's open landau, bearing the Princess of Wales and Princess Christian. The location and filmmaker remain...

"Operacje chirurgiczne w Warszawie" (1897),directed by Bolesław Matuszewski, is an early Polish documentary film capturing surgical procedures perfor...

Clip showing president François Félix Faure and entourage walking the street.

1897 indian short

Showing the Austrian Emperor laying the corner stone of a new military barracks.