All Films

Nègres Ashantis: Danse du sabre II

1897 • 1 min • France

A couple of guys dancing.

La paralytique

1897 • 1 min

A young boy plays with a paralyzed old lady.

Marché aux boeufs, I

1897 • 1 min • France

Cow herding.

In Front of Notre-Dame

1897 • 1 min • France

Girls Swinging

1897 • 1 min

In this 17-second short, a young woman is sitting on a swing and two other women alternate pushing her.

The Arrival of the King of Siam in Stockholm

1897 • 1 min • Sweden

The first Swedish film by photographer Ernest Florman. Kung Oscar II welcomes King Chulalonkorn of Siam, now Thailand, at Logårdstrappan. King Chulalonkorn visited Sweden in connection with Stockholmsutställningen 1897.

The Theatre Hat

1897 • 1 min

Shows the discomfiture of those who are seated behind large hats at the theatre.

Locomobile

1897 • 1 min • France

A steam roller equalizes the ground along a railroad track. The Canal de Jonage in France.

Ten Inch Disappearing Carriage Gun Loading and Firing, Sandy Hook

1897 • 1 min

"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern high-power gun in act of discharge. The immense gun, weighing 67,000 pounds, is seen to rise in the air, discharge its projectile, and sink back behind the fortification ready for reloading. Showing the loading, raising, firing and recoil of the big ten-inch coast defense gun at the Government proving grounds, Sandy Hook, New Jersey. A remarkably fine picture." —AMB Picture Catalogue

Arrivée et déchargement d’un train de gravier

1897 • 1 min • France

As a train comes to a halt, workers begin to unload the gravel it is transporting.

Naples : Santa Lucia

1897 • 1 min • France

Queen Victoria's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace

1897 • 2 min

Queen Victoria at a Buckingham Palace garden party held in June 1897, following the diamond jubilee celebrations.

Jumbo, Horseless Fire-Engine

1897 • 1 min

The great automobile fire engine on its way to a conflagration, accompanied by hose wagons, etc. A very exciting scene.

Lourdes, procession, II

1897 • 4 min • France

People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.

Saltsjöbaden : départ en chemin de fer, panorama

1897 • 1 min • France

Lourdes, procession, III

1897 • 1 min • France

People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.

Battle of the flowers and float parade, III

1897 • 1 min • France

Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.

Lourdes, transporting the sick, I

1897 • 1 min • France

Patients are conveyed in carriages toward the shrine in Lourdes.

Deyo

1897 • 1 min

"A fascinating skirt dance by the well-known roof garden favorite."

A Multicycle Race

1897 • 1 min • United States of America

At the Charles River Speedway in Allston (Boston Massachusetts), cyclists on six-man bikes hold a race.

Arrival of a Two-Stage Train in France

1897 • 1 min

Old film of a two-stage train arriving in France, 1897.

Carnaval, [VII]

1897 • 1 min • France

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Egyptian Bullock-Pump Drawing Water

1897 • 1 min

An 1897 travelogue of a bullock turning a cog to work a water pump in Egypt. Director/Cinematographer - Henry Short. Made as part of a follow-up series of travelogue films following a collection made for R.W. Paul in 1896.

Paris, le Pont-Neuf

1897 • 1 min • France

Small glimpse of Paris city life.