1897 Movies

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

Various parts of the procession to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward it.....

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat i...

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are th...

Lumière's documents life in Palestine.

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in ga...

The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the...

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.