Cinematic Era: 1898 Vintage

“In these two images [see Nos. 1273 and 1274], the dancers are performing different movements; in No. [1273], they are carrying parasols, and in No. [1274], they are carrying fans.”

Lost silent short.

Karina dancing.

Leopoldo Fregoli dressing from man to woman and back again.

Taken at the Cuban Volunteer Camp at West Tampa, Fla. Men are falling into line, two abreast, every man with his tin cup and dish. Command is given 'forward march' and the column approaches the audience. A fine looking body of men, worthy of a people battling for freedom. Figures are life size and life like. Prominently displayed upon their military hats is the emblem Cuba Libre, a single star in a red tri-colored field. An accurate and interesting subject.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Rickshaws, trams and pedestrians traffic near the railway station in Tokyo.

The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.

A wide plain, dotted with tents, gleaming in white in the bright sunshine. Soldiers moving about everywhere...

The title is as detailed as any description can get.

This short film from the Edison Manufacturing Company shows, as the title pretty much sums up, some trained cavalry horses.

Footage by Gaumont of the famous road in France. (Title given — incorrect in French — is the one used on the BFI Mediatheque, where it is viewable).

“This is a replica of the famous duel with rapiers between Emile Zola, the novelist, and Henri Rochefort, the statesman. The duel takes place on the identical ground where the original fighting occurred, seconds and doctors being present as in the original combat. The picture gives a good idea of how a French affair of honor is conducted.”

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

The pope taking a twilight walk.

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

The film shows visitors to the Žofín lido in Prague as they comically mill about.

Director: William Heise Production Company: Edison Manufacturing Company Country: USA

"Shows the beach at Long Branch, N.J. immediately after a heavy storm. The breaking waves dash over a row of spiles, throwing a spray high into the air."

A clown cuts off a customer's head and replaces it.

View coming down a hill towards a river.

A man puts on several different faces.

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

A fight breaks out over a poster.

This twenty-five second film is from Edison's "Southern Pacific Company" series. What we see is a Japanese ship as it is floating into a harbor in Southern California.

The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second. Next man cracks first ball pitched for a two-bagger, and races for the base with a wonderful burst of speed. First baseman just misses a put out. Very exciting. Man on the coaching line yells, and umpire runs up and makes decision. Small boy runs past back of the catcher close to the grand stand, where there is great commotion. A most excellent subject, treated brilliantly.

Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.

American Indians dancing.

Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels...

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects as the men splash through the water are very fine.

Interesting types of Mexicans watch the arrivals by the train. Sombreros, serapes and mantillas give the scene a very distinctive foreign appearance.

Brooklyn Jubilee Peace Parade

Skating scene.

A 'legless' man is begging on the street. When a coin misses his cup, he stands up to get it, only to be discovered and chased by a policeman.

The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.

Windmills along the River Zaan.

An impressive eight-some performs some Victorian gymnastics for the camera

"The fashionable set is parading in the park, after church. The concourse is composed of all nationalities, including several groups of pretty senoritas."

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre Ríos, Zapicán and San Fructuoso.

Twelve men exercising with clubs in front of a Malá Strana's Sokol's building in Prague district Újezd.

Young people dance the Tarantella

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

Work on the wreck of the ship "Maine."

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.