The best movies 1897 Pagina 32

A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's...

At the waterfront in Szczecin

Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

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 city view, rich in movement, shot at the corner of the Schauplatzgasse in Bern.

Early film of annual Henley race, c. 1896-1897

A man is robbed of everything he's got and gets in trouble with the police about it.

At the Charles River Speedway in Allston (Boston Massachusetts), cyclists on six-man bikes hold a race.

First Brazillian film, actuality film showing the Guanabara bay and a fisherman's port. Actually considered to be lost, reaming only 24 frames of the...

A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and...

People come out the doors and down the steps of the Church of the Rosary in Lourdes.

"Two German anglers are fishing, with odd results. One gets a bite, and pulls in a length of stovepipe. The other is so astonished that he falls...

Swiss Army gunners practicing.

A very short Lumière-era actuality shot depicting daily life on 59th Street, viewed from or across Central Park, New York. The film likely...

A wealthy family enjoys coffee outside their home, until a man's dog comes and topples their table!

A large ship embarking.

Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among...

"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...

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...