1897 Movies

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...

A Japanese family having tea.

A shot of a street in Lyon, people passing, horses etc

Three people playing cards.

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Street scene in Liverpool.

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and fee...

Daily practice of life boat crew, showing boat being upset purposely by the men. As these boats are self-righting and self-bailing, the scene is parti...

Descent of the Great Pyramid.

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action th...

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and...

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white spor...