The best movies 1897

Chasseurs Alpins manipulate staffs in a coordinated movement.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then local Arab residents, then Jewish residents of the...

Passengers disembarking in the port of Nice.

An early French short film.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

Two carriages pass by, including that of Bey Ali ibn Husayn, each under escort.

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the...

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

A barber creams his customer carelessly and pulls a strop attached to the customer's throat like a snare. He then stirs wildly as the customer's head...

Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.

Parade of the queen's float, then a second one on which an orchestra plays; carriages follow them.

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

Traffic in the street.

Silent film directed by Georges Demenÿ for Gaumont. An actual remake of the Lumiére brothers' "Démolition d'un mur" (1896).

Two duelists, armed with pistols, open fire: one of them is hit and collapses. First aid is given to him, while the other is taken away.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Lost 1897 film in which two men argue over the affection of a woman in a café, with their discussion escalating into a fistfight. Widely...

Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of...

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar. A few days after shooting 'Salida de misa de doce del Pilar', Jimeno decides...

Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).