Movies 1897 Page 6

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Large group of couples dancing.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

A military horse show in Basel.

The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste...

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...

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

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...

New Pillow Fight, also titled Daughters' Pillow Fight, is the name of a very early short comedy film, released in 1897. This scene shows four little...

Shot from a train as it leaves a station.

A view taken from Brighton beach on the Channel coast of the transit of Magnus Volk’s amazing seagoing electric railway, long celebrated as one of...

In the Chicago stockyards, the gates of a pen of long-horn cattle are open and the cattle are being herded out by several cowhands.

This artist's model may never work again after his ill-advised prank. While the artist isn't looking, his model cuts a hole in the painting and puts...

At first this looks like another of those innumerable fire brigade movies of the era in which you saw the horses charging pellmell out of the...

On the Coney Island steeple-chase, the wooden horses dash up and down the inclines with weird effect. The picture shows a crowd of people, including...

"This is a very laughable scene. A guest in a hotel who has retired, is disturbed in his slumbers by a monkey, which enters through the window and...

An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as...

Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith...

"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern high-power gun in act of discharge. The immense gun, weighing...

"A fascinating skirt dance by the well-known roof garden favorite."

Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot. They wear tights, ballet...

Lovers are comically interrupted

The troops ride their horses from the right edge of the frame to the left edge of the frame. It's among the simplest of actualities, since the...

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is serving her, a loafer steals the free lunch and puts it in...