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...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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...

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...

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

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

A parade in the Vatican.

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

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

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...

Soldiers ambush a house.

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...

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

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

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

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...