The best movies 1899 Pagina 2

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier...

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

Short actuality showing Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Portsmouth, including views associated with Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Victory. Produced in...

"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...

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton...

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

A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the...

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

A snippet of the Paris Grand Prix from June 19th, 1899. Elegant people in horses and buggies zoom around a bend, surrounded by spectators on either...

A parade of flower-adorned cars passes the crowd. On the sidewalk, a cinematographer films the scene.

A kitten plays with a small piece of wood attached to a string.

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

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell....

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

Local workers climb the slope pushing carts.

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.