Most Viewed Year 1898

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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!

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 parade in the Vatican.

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

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

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...

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

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.

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

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

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

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...

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....