1899 Movies

A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.

This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts do...

Circus bears showing their tricks.

People resting and walking on the beach.

A short film from the Lumière brothers showing crowds walking.

One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.

"Showing the gallant Admiral standing directly in front of the camera, life size, his head bare, graciously bidding his guests adieu. This was exhibit...

Shot of rocks being swept by the sea.

Shows a group of sailors and an officer at the stern. The flag runs out in a ball to the end of the staff, and, at the signal, is broken. Proudly the...

“Another exhibition by Prof. Leonidas' troop of cats and dogs. One of the dogs is shown stealing his dinner from the table in his master's absence. In...

You see a shot of three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road with some mountains in the far background...

A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

A man and his balancing dogs.

A man with a tin of Van Houten Cocoa is treated to a splash of water.

Four mountaineers descend a snow-covered mountain.

An actuality film of the P&O troopship Nubia departing Southampton for the Boer War in South Africa on 21st October 1899. War had been declared on the...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.