The best movies 1900 Pagina 9

A series of short motion-studies of athletes for the 1900 Olympics in Paris.

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.

This picture shows the Cadets marching, countermarching and a great many interesting manoeuvres.

Scenes on an ostrich farm, filmed in Natal during the Boer War.

A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...

The famous Madison Square Garden forms the background of this excellent picture. A number of very fine automobiles pass in this strip, coming close...

Butterfly dance.

A Thomas Edison film showing a torpedo being shot.

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

The magician enters upon a stage, and removing a covering from a small table, shakes it before the audience to show that there is nothing whatever...

Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it...

Possibly the sensation of the flight of a bird can be nearest realized by being on deck of one of the U.S. Government's fleet torpedo boats racing at...

A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the flags of Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and...

Tracking shot across a bay showing a large number of fishing boats.

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones...

A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.

A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what...