The best movies 1900 Pagina 16

A highland fling

A short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020 and believed to have been directed by Georges Méliès.

An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.

Christine Kerf as the Greek muse Terpsichore, in 1900.

Take an exhilarating ride on one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world, the Hong Kong Peak Tram. The route opened in 1888, and this...

Jeanne Chasles and Achille Viscusi dances.

This picture was taken at the historical point signified by the above title, where so many daring and venturesome miners have lost their lives in...

The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed on 28 May, 1900 by a famous magician, Nevil Maskelyne, while on an expedition by The British Astronomical...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

The parade of carriages, costumed riders, and exotic animals passing over the bridge at Inverness, Scotland, has attracted a crowd, despite the rain.

Spanish lost film about the Valencian carnival directed by Ángel García Cardona.

This striking film re-stages an episode from the Matabele wars between African natives and British infantry

Original archive catalogue record indicates "maybe be taken from the 1909 film From Portofino to Nervi" but the festival notes indicate the Pasquali...

A dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

New Zealand's oldest surviving film shows a troop of horsemen from the Boer War Second Contingent in camp at one of the open days held before their...

Yet another factory gate exit film from Mitchell and Kenyon.

Two chaps, a Gramophone, and a dog called Nipper. What could possibly go wrong?

A conversation between two gents perks up when the see a picture in a magazine. A 'facial' comedy by GA Smith.

Actuality film of the British Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts presiding over the raising of the Union Jack in Pretoria during the Second Boer War....

In China at the turn of the 20th century, there was a rebel group called the Society of the Harmonious Fist, otherwise known as Boxers. They attacked...