1899 Movies

One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

Fun at the beach.

A postman sits in a garden chair and is served with food by a maid. He kisses her. The amorous couple are then squirted with water from a garden syrin...

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."

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

Prinsengracht is one of the main canals of Amsterdam. While on board of a ship, we'll get to see the city buildings, its bridges, and every day scenes...

A procession of young male athletes.

An actuality film of the P&O troopship Nubia departing Southampton for the Boer War in South Africa on 21st October 1899. War had been declared on the...

A couple of women stand in a field, using pitch forks to separate burning grass. Men run away from the event. Meanwhile, a third woman stands to the r...

One of eleven installments of The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus),a docudrama reconstructing the historical Dreyfus Affair, which was still playin...

Footage from the Boer War.

Two grotesque minstrels are seen playing beneath a fair lady's window. She appears, and encourages one of them. The disappointed minstrel thereupon ki...

A man with a tin of Van Houten Cocoa is treated to a splash of water.

Filmed on January 1, 1899, this Edison short shows a victory march by General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps. When watching these early films it's bes...

"A splendid marching picture of the brave Gordons in bearskins and kilts passing before Lord Wolseley."

The funeral procession of President Félix Faure of France through Paris, 23rd February 1899.