Most Viewed Year 1897 - 10

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

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

"A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes."

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.

Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).

The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall.

A fight breaks out between two men in medieval Stockholm, Sweden.

Workers leaving the Lumière factory.

"Beautiful water effects at Haines' Falls, a most picturesque and charming mountain cataract. The wild and rugged surroundings are very impressive.

A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône...