Most Viewed Year 1897 - 5

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Another parade film from the Lumiere company.

1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...