The best movies 1897 Pagina 4

Market bustle.

Chasseurs Alpins perform various boxing moves.

Chasseurs Alpins march past with their backs turned, followed by horses loaded with equipment.

Not much is known about this film except that it was shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin. Presumably produced by Eugène Pirou

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

Panoramic view of Constantinople.

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are...

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.

Four women perform a series of acrobatic figures and then mime a sword duel in front of two spectators.

A group of friends playing tennis.

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

A children’s procession that is part of the Maienzug, a festival solemnly marking the end of the school year in Aarau.

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

A woman is troubled by a flea. In order to find him, she gradually takes her dresses off.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited...