Most Viewed Year 1898

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

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...

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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...

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

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...

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...

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

This film shows the summit portion of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the Tamalpais Tavern resort, and part of the adjacent east...

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot...

Directed by James H. White.

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

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

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

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

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...

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