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...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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

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

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...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

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

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Short film from 1897

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...

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

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

A parade in the Vatican.

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

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

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.