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1898 • 1 min

Short film from 1897

The Passion Play of Oberammergau

1898 • 22 min • United States of America

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from his entry into Jerusalem to the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Filmed by the Edison Company, it offered late-19th-century audiences a rare cinematic glimpse of the world-renowned Oberammergau tradition.

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a welcome from the people and to fire a salute of victory in sight of the tomb of the great soldier-hero of another war [Ulysses Grant].

Ramassage du linge

1898 • 1 min • France

The Four Troublesome Heads

1898 • 1 min • France

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

1898 • 2 min • France

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

Explosion en mer

1898 • 1 min • France

VIII: The Flagellation

1898 • 1 min • France

Hello from the Yardarms

1898 • 1 min • France

Pygmalion and Galatea

1898 • 1 min • France

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when the bust leaves the body and crossing the room mocks at him standing with the lower portion of her body in his hands. Further startling illusions are seen in this most beautiful picture.

V. Résurrection de Lazare

1898 • 1 min

IV. Trahison de Judas

1898 • 1 min

XIII. La résurrection

1898 • 1 min

XI. Le calvaire

1898 • 1 min

X. La mise en croix

1898 • 1 min • France

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

XII. La mise au tombeau

1898 • 1 min

The Adoration of the Magi

1898 • 1 min

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

IX: The Crown of Thorns

1898 • 1 min • France

II. La fuite en Égypte

1898 • 1 min

The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man

1898 • 1 min • France

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

VII: The Arrest of Jesus Christ

1898 • 1 min • France

Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles

1898 • 1 min • France

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Escrime au sabre

1898 • 1 min • France

Sailors training with swords.

The Cavalier's Dream

1898 • 1 min • United States of America

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to a beautiful young girl. The changes and magical appearances are startling and instantaneous.