Most Viewed Year 1897 - 27

Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo (English: Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo) is the second Venezuelan film...

Two gymnasts successively perform various exercises on a pommel horse.

"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern high-power gun in act of discharge. The immense gun, weighing...

Showing the Austrian Emperor laying the corner stone of a new military barracks.

A man is robbed of everything he's got and gets in trouble with the police about it.

A companion picture to No. 159 [THEATRE HAT]; showing how every one in an audience can get an uninterrupted view of the stage, when the ladies remove...

"This picture, taken from a rapidly moving tug, gives a very comprehensive idea of the lower end of New York City, including prominent sky-scrapers,...

"Result of a shot from the ten-inch disappearing gun."

This film was shot on March 4, 1897 and is historic because it was the first footage shot of a sitting American President.

Master kisses maid behind a blanket on the clothes line and is seen by his wife.

Images of Parisian women

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.

Lost film in which two men discuss in a cafe for the love of a woman. Discussion becomes more heated until they start fist-fighting. Widely...

Two men pull a practical prank on two victims.

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

Loïe Fuller performs a serpentine dance.

Phantom ride shot from the engine front as a steam train pulling away from Wormit station in Fife, crossing the Tay rail bridge and passing south...