1899 Movies

Two men box while standing on their hands

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

Men leaving for a fox hunt.

Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of great interest, but the view of uptown New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, s...

Circus bears showing their tricks.

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

Beginning of a race.

At the sound of a bugle, Alpine soldiers are abruptly awakened and rush out of the farmhouse where they spent the night, hurrying to take up their posts.

Silas Hayseed arrives in town and proceeds to put up a hotel noted for its 'tables,' which are all made of hard wood. The country yokel is shown to his room and divests himself of his best Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes. His little bunch of whiskers that adorn h...

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is compelled to pass in front of the troops in disgrace. Star Film catalog #216, this is part of Melies's Dreyfus Aff...

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

"Showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York. The immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky. The best picture of the Brooklyn Bridge yet secured."

Wilhelm II. arrives in Haifa, Israel.

A mounted black horse gallops.

An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on 23rd December 1899, where he commanded British forces for a year in the Second Boer War. The ship in this film is...

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.