The best movies 1897 Pagina 2

Chasseurs Alpins are giving a demonstration of weapons handling.

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This observatory, the gift of James Lick,...

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

View of the riverbanks of the Saône where various boats are moored.

Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.

The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

Three groups of Chasseurs Alpins successively climb a portico.

Panoramic view of Constantinople.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then local Arab residents, then Jewish residents of the...

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes.

Patients on stretchers are lifted off a cart and carried toward the shrine at Lourdes.

Parade of the Prince Carnival float, then of costumed people and horse-drawn carriages.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Shot between Bois de Boulogne and Porte Maillot

State officials meeting on a landing.