The best movies 1897

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

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

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is...

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

Young girls engage in a pillow fight until it is broken up by the headmistress. A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic,...

Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group...

“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting;...

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

Two carriages pass by, including that of Bey Ali ibn Husayn, each under escort.

Chasseurs Alpins perform various boxing moves.

Parade of the Prince Carnival float, then of costumed people and horse-drawn carriages.

Chasseurs Alpins march past in a gymnastic step, with music.

View of the riverbanks of the Saône where various boats are moored.

Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.

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

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...

Lost 1897 film in which two men argue over the affection of a woman in a café, with their discussion escalating into a fistfight. Widely...

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of...

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar. A few days after shooting 'Salida de misa de doce del Pilar', Jimeno decides...

Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).