The best movies 1899 Pagina 5

Taken from a motor cab running at full speed along Piccadilly and through the Circus, narrowly escaping collision with various buses and cabs

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday,...

Street scene: Arch de Triumph.

A group of riders demonstrate equestrian vaulting, or voltige, on the outskirts of Prague.

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.

A procession of young male athletes.

A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.

A reenacted short from 1899 produced by Thomas Edison’s company during the Philippine-American War. The film dramatizes an engagement in which...

Two gondolas, slowly approaching, dock along the wharf, and both Italian and German sovereigns disembark: Umberto I accompanied by Wilhelm II, and ...

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

Queen Victoria seated in her carriage with her back to the camera (on the left hand side of the frame, barely visible), and surrounded by invited...

A countryman goes to see a spiritualist and is frightened by what he sees.

Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them...