Most Viewed Year 1898 - 1

This silent film captures scenes of the Blackpool Tower and the tramway, showcasing the town's trams and coastline. It's a valuable piece of early...

Soldiers setting up camp.

Taken at the Cuban Volunteer Camp at West Tampa, Fla. Men are falling into line, two abreast, every man with his tin cup and dish. Command is given...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the...

Josef Sváb-Malostranský unrolls a poster in front of a mill with the words Czech Cinematograph. All the actors in the film gather...

Skating scene.

American Indians dancing.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it...

J. Stuart Blackton filming the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.