All Films - Short Movie Database

Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River

1900 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in the Boer War, 25 January 1900.

Ekoin Natsu-basho Ozumo

1900 • 12 min • Japan

A former carpenter who became one of the first cameramen in Japanese cinema history, Tsuchiya Tsuneji travelled to North America to help in the construction of a Japanese garden and tea house at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. After learning film techniques on how to operate a camera and develop film in December 1898 he returned to Japan carrying an Urban Bioscope camera (both a projector and camera). Taking inspiration from boxing match film actualities popular in the United States he conceived the idea of filming sumo wrestlers at the Ryogoku Ekoin. This resulted in his first film Ekoin Natsu-basho Ozumo.

The Beggar's Deceit

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A legless beggar with a sign around his neck saying "cripple" pushes himself slowly and laboriously on a trolley along the pavement, soliciting alms from sympathetic passers-by. A policeman gradually approaches from the distance. Feeling suspicious, he taps the beggar on the shoulder, whereupon the beggar leaps up in a panic and runs away on his perfectly functional legs. The policeman trips over the trolley before recovering his footing and setting off in pursuit.

A View Taken from a Mobile Platform I

1900 • 1 min • France

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.

The Bathers

1900 • 2 min

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water feet first and their clothes fly back on their bodies.

Paget's Horse. Imperial Yeomanry Reviewed by HRH Prince of Wales

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

The Prince of Wales reviews Paget's Horse, with black dog following.

Early Superimpositions

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

“The filmmaker took several different scenes shot earlier between 1896 and 1899 and double-printed two sets of images together to create a new artistic creation. The transformation of a stage dance into a unique ciné-dance could only be possible in cinema - Bruce Posner

Chamonix: Le mauvais pas

1900 • 1 min • France

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

L'Enfant prodigue

1900 • 7 min • France

Early film adaptation of The Prodigal Son.

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

1900 • 2 min • United States of America

Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera much more valuable for its historical, rather than entertainment value.

White Horse Rapids

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

This picture was taken at the historical point signified by the above title, where so many daring and venturesome miners have lost their lives in attempting to shoot these mad and turbulent rapids in their flat bottom boats, constructed for the purpose of navigating the treacherous Yukon River, which flows through the rich gold fields of Alaska.

A War Balloon and Transport Crossing the Vaal River

1900 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Shot just a few days after the relief of Mafeking, this film captures the progress of British military personnel across the Vaal River in South Africa during the Boer War. Fording the river takes time, with so many ox- and mule-drawn wagons and an unwieldy observation balloon to boot. This footage was shot by London-born Joseph Rosenthal for the Warwick Trading Company - one of many films he made during the conflict.

The Biter Bit

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A gardener is watering a garden. A prankster stands on his hose halting the flow until he looks at the nozzle and gets a stream of water to the face. He notices the prankster and gives him his comeuppance. Remake of the Lumiere film Arroseur et arrosé.

How It Feels to Be Run Over

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile comes up the road, straight towards the camera. As it gets nearer, the occupants start to wave frantically, but can a collision be avoided?

Passage en chaises à porteur au col des Nuages (Annam)

1900 • 1 min • France

Passengers travelling in litters in the French protectorate of Annam

Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

This picture shows the remains of one of the docks, several freight cars being piled one upon the other, while the most interesting part of the picture shows two schooners literally smashed one into the other, forming a most picturesque mass of wreckage.