The best movies 1900 Pagina 14

Butterfly dance.

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

A huge fly is bothering an old gentleman, who is trying to take a nap. The old gentleman, after standing the torment as long as he can, jumps up and...

Scenes on an ostrich farm, filmed in Natal during the Boer War.

The funeral of composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmanns in Vor Frue Kirke.

Guy with a Handkerchief

American athlete Richard "Dick" Sheldon performs a dance with his belly (filmed at 1900 Paris Exposition held alongside the 1900 Olympic Games).

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

An early variety performance with synchronised gramophone sound. Thought to be an early version of The Blind Boy (1917).

Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book. The given date is approximate

Reenactment of a South African battle.

This picture shows the Cadets marching, countermarching and a great many interesting manoeuvres.

"A series of admirable living pictures, posed by competent artists, and faithfully representing well-known art masterpieces, notably the works of...

This picture, taken from Thorneycroft's Yard, shows the two boats about twelve lenghts apart - a state of things owing to terrible weather in which...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A woman climbs out of bed and lifts her nightdress to search for a flea. Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book

A client has trouble listening to the photographer's instructions.

Walter Gibbons was one of Britain's most forward-thinking film entrepreneurs, and deeply entranced by the music hall. In 1900 he launched his 'phono...

Shot just a few days after the relief of Mafeking, this film captures the progress of British military personnel across the Vaal River in South...

Only 15 seconds remain of this lost short about the famous garden scene in Romeo and Juliet