Most Viewed Year 1897

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

A Japanese family having tea.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé...

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.

One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.

Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...

The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the...

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the...