1899 Movies

A monkey and his trainer do acrobatics in a small enclosure.

Short documentary directed by Ángel García Cardona. It is considered the first picture to be filmed in Valencia.

From a single camera position, two young women are photographed lighting a cigarette. After several puffs, one of the young ladies becomes faint, and the other one tries to revive her fallen friend.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

The Passing of the Armoured Train - A large group of British soldiers are seen digging entrenchment's under the supervision of officers. A brief second shot shows an armoured train going past. The first film of British troops at the front taken during the war.

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

Short film about an express steamer

A carriage draws up, wheeling to a stop right in front of the camera. There is a cut and the camera has drawn back. The duchess steps out, pauses, then is on her way.

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

The dispersal of the Companies following the review of the 1st and 2nd Life Guards by Queen Victoria at Spital Barracks. The Companies, drawn up in single file, march towards the rear of the barracks before dispersal.

Silent film.

Actuality footage.

A short documentary depicting the training of circus monkeys.

Pennsylvania's historic Horseshoe Curve, photographed by an Edison cameraman in 1899.

The cook in the kitchen leaves a pan of potatoes while she answers the door bell. Willie takes advantage of her absence to put the potatoes in the refrigerator and fill the pan with water, putting it up on the cupboard. Bridget returns and tries to get the pan...

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

Several scenes of Sanger’s Circus parading through Windsor Great Park after meeting Queen Victoria on the terrace at Windsor Castle. This scene is missing, but the rest of the extraordinary cavalcade of circus wagons (or “tableaux carriages”, as they were know...

Its title, written and descriptive, designates the name of the place where the filming takes place using the stereokinematograph, a Lumière apparatus installed in the Politeama Theater of Lima.