All Films

Two People at Dojo temple

1899 • 2 min • Japan

Shot at the Kubut-za in Tokyo and a rare record of two classical kubuki actors, Onoe Eizaburo V and Ichimura Kakuki-za VI, A surviving poster for this film is illustrated by a woodblock print of the lead actors by ukiyo-e artist Yutaka Hitoshi, a frozen moment of the incipient transition from traditional art-forms of ukiyo-e and kabuki to the new, and all-dominating medium of katsudo-shashin (cinema).

Hurdle Jumping; by Trained Dogs

1899 • 1 min • United States of America

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."

Cuirassés de l'escadre française sur les côtes de Sardaigne

1899 • 1 min • France

Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet

Bombardment of Mafeking

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Soldiers play cards and jeer as shells burst around them.

Across Brooklyn Bridge

1899 • 1 min

This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the Brooklyn end, as seen from the front end of a third rail car running at high speed. The entire trip consumes three minutes of time, during which abundant opportunity is given to observe all the structural wonders of the bridge, and far distant river panorama below.

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"A magnificent picture of the launching of the 'Oceanic,' which up to that time was the largest vessel ever floated. The view is taken from a pier out over the water; the vessel coming stern on towards the camera and passing it by. A tremendous wave is thrown among the spectators crowded at the side of the pier, and the great excitement prevailing is very evident in the picture." (Belfast)

Amann, the Great Impersonator

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."

Kidnapping by Indians

1899 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is believed to be the first Western film, pre-dating Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery by four years.

Herbert Campbell As Little Bobby

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Herbert Campbell is filmed here in the Biograph studio, which was situated at that time on the Thames Embankment. Campbell is dressed as 'Little Bobby' for the 1899-1900 Drury Lane pantomime 'Cinderella'. He is seated at table in front of large meal, with a glass of beer beside him. He eats messily, then drinks the beer in one and grins at the camera.

Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

Away Aloft

1899 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

Fregoli soldato I

1899 • 1 min • Italy

Leopoldo Fregoli as a flirting soldier.

Fregoli e signora al ristorante

1899 • 1 min • Italy

Leopoldo Fregoli at a restaurant with a lady setting up the table.

The Black Cat and Dinner For Two

1899 • 1 min

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

Snowballing

1899 • 1 min

30 seconds of actual snowball fighting from 1899. A quick glimpse of a time gone by

The Price of a Kiss

1899 • 1 min

A woman barber is putting the finishing touches on a customer, who is so pleased with the operation that he puts his arms around her and kisses her. As he does so, a big sign on the wall changes to read: 'Kisses, one dollar Extra;' and the customer is compelled to pay up. - AMB Picture Catalogue 1902

Bay Horse, Ridden by Thérèse Rentz, Canter

1899 • 1 min

Thérèse Rentz rides a bay horse.

Bay Horse, Mounted, Trotting

1899 • 1 min

A bay horse trots.

Fregoli prestigiatore

1899 • 1 min • Italy

Leopoldo Fregoli as a magician.

Doctor Knows What to Do

1899 • 1 min • Netherlands

By offering him a drink, the doctor gets the bed-ridden patient back on his feet in a snap.

De Kongelige skal fotograferes

1899 • 1 min • Denmark

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

Gold Rush Scenes in the Klondike

1899 • 1 min • United States of America

Following a shot of a newspaper that outlines the hardships of living in the Klondike, there are scenes a typical Klondike town, of people on a raft, and of people mining for gold.

Coldstream Guards Embarking on Troopship Gascon

1899 • 1 min

An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the Boer War in South Africa.

Bech Olsens og Poul Pons' brydekamp

1899 • 1 min • Denmark

Early wrestling footage.