1900 Movies

“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background, lookin...

“A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car. This wonderful tower i...

A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

A burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the...

This very dramatic scene appears to come from the heart of the Boer War action, but on closer inspection it is clear that Joe Rosenthal staged this sc...

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.

Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.

A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

Two sets of images are superimposed. From the side, we see a two-masted ship. Across the deck walks a skeleton. It sits down, its legs akimbo. The leg...

Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to beh...

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

While our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture was...

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play perfo...

The picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marching down the street in this very unique and picturesque villag...

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones at...

This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system. The building, w...

Showing the attacking forces drawn up in line of battle. They immediately commence firing on the shore batteries. The batteries return the fire with t...

Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at h...