Most Viewed Year 1899

"Taken from moving cable car leaving Brooklyn train yard, crossing entire span and arriving at New York terminus in City Hall station."

Out at sea with boats passing by.

"A novel form of aquatic sports at Bath Beach. This has a very humorous effect in reversed motion."

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

"This is a street scene. The rain has just ceased, and passers-by are lowering their umbrellas. A well-dressed young man meets a pretty girl beneath...

Builders fight on the scaffold of Paul's new studio until one falls and is injured.

In September of 1899, the French cameraman Emile Lauste visited the Netherlands for the second time that year. [...] One of the subjects that Lauste...

A carriage draws up, wheeling to a stop right in front of the camera. There is a cut and the camera has drawn back. The duchess steps out, pauses,...

Women bathing in a german bath.

A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.

A crowd swarms on Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the horse tram. In the background, we see the outline of Central Station.

"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her."

Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.

Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.

Paris seen from a boat, in this Lumière short film.

A group of acrobats form human pyramids.

Taken during the land parade in honor of Admiral Dewey, just before the turn into 72nd street...

Asian remake of Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory, apparently.

Arrival of Commander Marchand at Military Circle in Paris.