The best movies 1898 Pagina 2

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Young people dance the Tarantella

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

The pope resting.

A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook...

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

Branding calves in 1898.

A showcase of trapeze artist Alciede Capitaine, billed as “The Perfect Woman,” whose daring feats on the flying bar combined grace with...

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

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...

Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything...

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face. Split Rock, NY.

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