Most Viewed Year 1898

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...

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...

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

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

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

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

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...

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...

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

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

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...

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...

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Soldiers ambush a house.

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

A parade in the Vatican.

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 hypnotist tricks his patients.