1897 Movies

An elderly man wearing a silk top hat, mesmerises sparrows –and his audience- in a public square.

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

The famous Seal Rocks at Golden Gate Park are here shown. Sea lions in their wild state are lying on the rocks and swimming and diving in the water.

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furniture van till ambulance passes by."

An artist attempts to touch his model who is playing Venus. Later remade in 1900. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-c...

Two men pull a practical prank on two victims.

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their t...

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss t...

The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

Patients on stretchers are lifted off a cart and carried toward the shrine at Lourdes.

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