1899 Movies

He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is li...

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe. There is no known credited director for this film, although the attribution usually goes for Alice Guy.

People spill drink on themselves, supposedly after a poker game during the Yukon Gold Rush.

"A side splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed, by th...

Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet

Showing Central Park in the background.

Shows a group of sailors and an officer at the stern. The flag runs out in a ball to the end of the staff, and, at the signal, is broken. Proudly the...

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

"An interesting exhibit by Hadji Cheriff, of the original Midway Plaisance. Twirls his rifle over his shoulder, behind back, under leg, both hands and...

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.

“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears. A remarkabl...

You see a shot of three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road with some mountains in the far background...

An early short film from the Lumière brothers.

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

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

Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.