1899 Movies

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

Melies short.

Wilhelm II. visits a market place in Beirut, Lebanon.

"The umpire makes a decision that Casey doesn't like, and an argument follows, during which Casey deftly trips him up, and continues the argument on t...

A close view of an eighty-footer, schooner rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor, near Robins' Reef, which picturesq...

A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Up the road comes a detachment of infantry, firing, advancing, kneeling and firing, again and again...

Showing Committee of Arrangements visit to the Admiral on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia.

A group of riders demonstrate equestrian vaulting, or voltige, on the outskirts of Prague.

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

I do believe I have stumbled upon the very first exploitation picture ever made; and no it wasn't by David Friedman or Kroger Babb or K. Gordon Murray...

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the Hospital de Clínicas de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires.

“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears. A remarkabl...

Positively the most wonderful series of pictures ever secured by an animated picture camera. The first scene is taken from the pond of the chutes, and...

"A panoramic view of the 'Raleigh,' as she lies at anchor off 27th Street, North River, April 17, 1899. Captain Coghlan stands among a group of office...