The best movies 1900 Pagina 21

The president of South Africa (Transvaal) visits Paris.

Royal Navy recruits firing cannons and rifles on board a ship.

A magician dressed as Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of people and objects in this short film.

Workers of all ages depart Oldroyd's wool mill – and the filmmakers' camera is a subject of curiosity.

In the early days of films, most regional film showings happened at the fairground. The Travelling Cinematograph of Bioscope was a popular...

Shot in 1900, the film is of Elizabeth Yates, a trailblazing woman elected Mayor of Onehunga in 1893 – just a few weeks after New Zealand women...

A panoramic bird's-eye view of Paris and the Exposition. Taken from a captive balloon, the camera being pointed downward so that the exact effect is...

Cavalry cross the river in enormous number. Occasionally a horse stops to take a drink, and then walks on.

A former carpenter who became one of the first cameramen in Japanese cinema history, Tsuchiya Tsuneji travelled to North America to help in the...

Two chaps, a Gramophone, and a dog called Nipper. What could possibly go wrong?

Movement of visitors in front of the Exhibition water tower.

The scenes opens by showing the battleships maneuvering for a position. They finally draw up in line of battle and commence firing on the shore...

The approach to a cantilever bridge is shown. The camera is on the front of the car traveling over the rails. The car crosses the cantilever bridge,...

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

Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.

Short film about the 25th anniversary celebration of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.

Two comedians are washing at basins. One covers himself in white soap lather, but slyly gives blacking to his fellow, who applies vigorously.

An explosive bit of early war film. These two exciting snippets were potentially part of a much larger action extravaganza. Originating from Alfred...