1898 Movies

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan),during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on...

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 curiousl...

A fight breaks out over a poster.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to do...

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

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

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

The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom lost th...

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

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 cl...

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

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

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 fort...

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

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

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

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

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