The best movies 1898

Branding calves in 1898.

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

A hypnotism scene from the Lumière Brothers.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

American Indians dancing.

Another entry in Edison's "Southern Pacific Company Series", which pretty much had cameramen hanging around the train line just shooting anything...

A short documentary capturing the officers and crew of the USS Brooklyn during a naval parade in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1, 1898, following...

A hypnotist tricks his patients. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice...

Directed by James H. White.

Skating scene.

Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approaching from a distance.

Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.

A showcase of trapeze artist Alciede Capitaine, billed as “The Perfect Woman,” whose daring feats on the flying bar combined grace with...

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...

Leopoldo Fregoli gets free tasty samples.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

Scene of the last supper.

Arguably the first animation film in Spain, where two ships collide.

Directed by pioneering Catalan filmmaker Fructuós Gelabert, this short documentary captures the royal visit of Queen Regent María...

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...

Workers unload the coal they collected as part of their routine.

Filming of the arrival of the Spanish soldiers from the Cuban War.

Filming of a storm in Riazor Beach, Galicia (Spain).

Workers leave the factory where they work once the day is over.

A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre...