Most Viewed Year 1898

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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...

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

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

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

Soldiers ambush a house.

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...

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

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

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

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

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...

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

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

Two old female mattress makers get into a fight until a passing man attempts to break them up.

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora...

The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

A parade in the Vatican.