All Films

Don Juan Tenorio

1898 • 2 min • Mexico

Don Juan Tenorio is a 1898 Mexican silent drama film directed by Salvador Toscano who was Mexico’s first filmmaker and is also the first film adaptation of Don Juan Tenorio, a play by José Zorrilla.

Venice, harbour scene with gondolas

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background

Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

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

Town Moor Fair Scenes

1898 • 1 min

All the fun of the fair in this Victorian film, made in the early years of Newcastle's famous Hoppings

Agoust Family of Jugglers

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous dexterity."

Theodore Roosevelt Leaving the White House

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

A splendid picture of the President, coming down the steps of the Treasury Building and walking towards the camera. [Description refers to a re-issued print when Roosevelt had been elected President]

Through Miller's Dale (Near Buxton, Derbyshire) Midland Railway

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

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

The Woodcutter, a Music Lover

1898 • 1 min • France

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.

Chicago Fire Department Runs

1898 • 1 min

Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.

Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)

1898 • 1 min • Netherlands

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

Esposizione di Torino

1898 • 17 min

Turin Expo, 1st May 1898. Inauguration of the Italian National Exhibition in the presence of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The Parco del Valentino becomes a theater of evocative outdoor landscapes, a kind of city of wonders, of progress and innovation. The film is divided into three parts.

Countryside Near Amsterdam

1898 • 1 min • Netherlands, United Kingdom

A family moves a cart across a narrow bridge in front of a windmill in Amsterdam.

Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

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

Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

1898 • 1 min

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects as the men splash through the water are very fine.

Man Falls in Bath

1898 • 1 min

NFM B15006 VI | FLM45380 | Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam)

Sea Breaking against Some Rocks

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Foaming sea breaks over rocks and a sea wall in what is believed to be Ilfracombe, on the North Devon coast. The study of waves breaking was a popular subject in early moving pictures, and was filmed here by Charles Goodwin Norton to embellish his magic lantern slide shows.

Pack Train at Chilkoot Pass

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. A pack train comes into view and passes in front of us, led by a man on horseback. Eight loaded mules follow, then another cowboy on horseback and a man walking, then eight more laden mules, another cowboy, then nine more mules, a cowboy, and still the pack train stretches as far as the eye can see. A solitary man watches from atop a hillock.

Incoming Tide

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Worthing waves at us in this mesmerising early film.

Mills from the Zaanstreek

1898 • 1 min • Netherlands

Windmills along the River Zaan.

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

Colored Troops Disembarking

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

Major General Shafter

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general air of avoirdupois."

The Grand Canal, Venice

1898 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many magnificent historical palaces. The photographic work is unusually fine."

Passage d'un tunnel en chemin de fer

1898 • 1 min • France