The best movies 1900 Pagina 22

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...

This film title is almost, though not quite, false advertising. There's certainly a gale, and a wrecked ship, but the one didn't cause the other....

A German warship.

At the turn of the 20th century, the streets of Manila are filled with horse-drawn carriages, people in white European dresses, and wedding parties...

This scene is laid on a tropical shore. A pickaninny is fishing, when a huge alligator creeps up upon him and swallows him. The old father, who has...

A succession of British soldiers are carried up a gangplank by stretcher-bearers from the quayside to a hospital ship at Durban; walking casualties...

Throngs of men in top hats walk past the camera.

Directed by F.B. Thanawala.

Actuality film of the British Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts presiding over the raising of the Union Jack in Pretoria during the Second Boer War....

Spanish lost film about Valencian traditions directed by Ángel García Cardona.

This British Bioscope short from 1900 is a crackerjack piece, on an order with 1903's FIREBOAT 'NEW YORKER' ANSWERING AN ALARM. It's little more than...

Animal herding across a large river.

Footage of a parade party in the Netherlands.

Yet another Lumiere parade shot.

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona. There is, however, a fragment that could correspond to this film.

A scene takes place in front of a cafe; only one performer.

A beautiful young blonde woman in scanty attire is seen reclining in the center of a set of a spider web. A well-dressed young man passes in front of...

School is over for the day. A stationary camera is trained on the door of the high school at the top of a few stairs. A man and small boy emerge,...

Funeral ceremonies in memory of King Umberto I, attended by President Campos Sales.

Trollies, and people taking a stroll on a corner in Paris

A view of Dam Square and the Damrak. To the right the 'Beurs van Zocher', the commodity exchange building of architect J.D. Zocher.