Most Viewed Year 1899 - 4

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday,...

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur...

A fishing boat is tossed by a rough sea off the coast of Italy.

"Grandpa sits nodding in his armchair in the kitchen, where a sout, jolly washerwoman is washing clothes. While the woman leaves the tub to talk to a...

View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.

I do believe I have stumbled upon the very first exploitation picture ever made; and no it wasn't by David Friedman or Kroger Babb or K. Gordon...

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

Soldiers parade to the sound of military marches during the inauguration ceremony of Victor Emanuel II's monument in Turin.

Street scene shot from a balloon.

Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.

The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

Filmed while the Christian IX, King of Denmark, and his family was taking their picture.

Pedestrians and cars traffic in Biarritz.

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

Showing Central Park in the background.