Most Viewed Year 1899 - 2

A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…

Kaiser Wilhelm II arrives in Constantinople.

A phantom ride.

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday,...

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously...

[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leaves), in which Danjuro played opposite Onoe...

This Edison short features famed cyclist Neidert performing a series of impressive bicycle stunts on stage, including riding backwards, balancing on...

Parade of mountaineers and shepherds guiding their flocks in a street.

A lost film. A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

Taken from a motor cab running at full speed along Piccadilly and through the Circus, narrowly escaping collision with various buses and cabs

Wilhelm II. returns from his trip to Bethlehem

Actuality film of miners entering a mine.

This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts...

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

The Buffoons are artists in their line. They tumble in and out of trick doors, disappear and reappear in unexpected places in most unexpected ways....

A soldier is promoted for bravery, marries a Red Cross girl, and goes home to his parents.

Circus bears showing their tricks.