1899 Movies

The Wrestlers (1899),directed by Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar (also known as Save Dada),is widely recognized as the first film shot by an Indi...

A scene performed by a shinpa troupe.

London street view

This rapid panorama isn't as smooth as the average 'Phantom Ride' - an early example of 'shaky-cam' war photography? Filmmaker WKL Dickson asked that...

30 seconds of actual snowball fighting from 1899. A quick glimpse of a time gone by

A french silent film from 1899

An excellent picture of this popular excursion boat, taken on the second day of the International Cup Race Oct. 5, 1899. The racing yacht 'Columbia' a...

"This is taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves, from the 104th to 116 Street statio...

Leopoldo Fregoli as a flirting soldier.

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

Prinsengracht is one of the main canals of Amsterdam. While on board of a ship, we'll get to see the city buildings, its bridges, and every day scenes...

A Bersaglieri battalion runs by, raising a cloud of dust in the process.

George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won withou...

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...

Reproduction of the famous painting by Garnier.

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

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."

A beautiful phantom ride across the Firth of Forth from Dalmeny near Edinburgh to Dunfermline, crossing the famous Forth Bridge, then less than a deca...