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Intérieur d'une vacherie

1900 • 1 min • France

A man flirts with a milk maid.

15th Infantry

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

Variant titles from Biograph production logs indicate that the 15th Infantry was on the way to China. Other sources indicate that the regiment was headed for the Philippines. Governors Island, NY.

The Barber Saw the Joke

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

Queen Victoria's Last Visit to Ireland

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"This is the last ceremonious public appearance of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The picture was taken in Phoenix Park, Dublin, April 4th, 1900, and shows the Queen in an open carriage, being cheered by thousands of people, as she passes through an arch of welcome."

Gavotte

1900 • 1 min • France

Cléo de Merode dancing the gavotte in 1900.

Massacre of the Christians by the Chinese

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

Reenactment of a scene from the Boxer Rebellion.

Fantaisie cycliste

1900 • 1 min • France

A couple of clowns try to ride a pennyfarthing around a stage, while fighting.

Tango argentino

1900 • 1 min • Argentina

Produced by Casa Lepage, it is the first appearance of tango in the cinema, as it contains brief scenes in which the dancer El Negro Agapito demonstrates figures.

Entrée des echasses

1900 • 2 min • France

Le château d'eau vu de la tour Eiffel

1900 • 1 min

Movement of visitors in front of the Exhibition water tower.

Living Pictures

1900 • 2 min • United States of America

"A series of admirable living pictures, posed by competent artists, and faithfully representing well-known art masterpieces, notably the works of Sarony. At the opening of each picture, curtains are thrown aside by two pages, the picture remains for a short interval in complete repose, and the curtains are drawn. In other words, these living pictures are shown exactly as in first-class vaudeville theatres, and were prepared with equal care." Series was finished by 1903 and the films were shown as one presentation.

Panorama of the Paris Exhibition No. 3

1900 • 1 min • France, United Kingdom

An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.

Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag

1900 • 1 min • South Africa, United Kingdom

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was lessening. He sent back this celebration of the expanding empire in response, capturing the annexation ceremony of 28 May 1900. "Thanks to the Biograph, which faithfully recorded this magnificent scene," Dickson later wrote, "the people of the world who were not as fortunate as those present will see what it saw, and doubtless sing 'God Save The Queen'".

Bend Or

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A white cat is placed on a horse's back, with trainer and two other onlookers. c1900.

The "Poly" Paper Chase

1900 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The famous Polytechnic Harriers, one of Britain’s premier athletic clubs, who would later open the 1908 London Olympics, running a paper chase – a gruelling cross-country race in which the “hares” lay a paper trail for the “hounds”.