Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the...

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

American Indians dancing.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to...

An oddly routed parade.

Short film from 1897

[DUPLICATE of First Departure of SS ‘St. Louis’ from Southampton] Ships in Southampton

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

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating...

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

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

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Louis Lumière

A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only...

"Shows the beach at Long Branch, N.J. immediately after a heavy storm. The breaking waves dash over a row of spiles, throwing a spray high into the...

"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...

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast....

Skating scene.

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...

A parade in the Vatican.

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

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

An adaptation of the folk tale.

The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment....

Taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais scenic railroad, Marin county, California, from a flat car following the engine.

The Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue...

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking...

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

W. K.L. Dickson's film of a procession of Capuchin monks.

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of...