1897 Movies

Another street scene of daily life.

Also known as 'Un incendie à Dublin I', 'Crowds Watch City Fire Brigade' and 'Crowds Watch Dublin Fire Brigade.' Lumiere Catalog no. 710.

Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.

A group of four children, circle dancing.

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

This film was shot on March 4, 1897 and is historic because it was the first footage shot of a sitting American President.

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.

Procession of the sacred carpet.

Taken on the S.P. Railroad, near tunnel No. 9. The train comes rushing out of the tunnel and passes at full speed...

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

Queen Elisabeth of Wied, in a carriage escorted by cavalry, followed by King Carol I and Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern on horseback, greeted by the...

A magician's trick.

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.