The best movies 1897 Pagina 20

A funeral parade in Cairo.

Le Caire, un enterrement

Early silent film

Charge of the Cuirassiers

Avesta : les chutes

More 19th century city life.

Liverpool, Church Street

☆ 5.6

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

Driving with Greenland Dogs

Le cocher endormi

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

The X-Ray Fiend

Arrivée du kronprinz à l’exposition

Fregoli in palcoscenico ovvero Fregoli barbiere maldestro

☆ 7

Barber shop skit with Leopoldo Fregoli.

Fregoli in palcoscenico ovvero Fregoli barbiere maldestro

Panorama des rives du Nil, [IV]

Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

☆ 4.7

Panoramic view of Constantinople.

Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

☆ 6.7

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and...

Place de la Concorde

Loïe Fuller performs a serpentine dance.

Serpentine Dance: Loïe Fuller

In Front of Notre-Dame

☆ 4.1

In a square, men wait with camels loaded with barrels.

Coal Market (with Camels)

Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer (collines)

Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer (collines)

Panorama des rives du Nil, [VII]

☆ 5

A street scene in Belfast showing several horse-drawn omnibuses.

Belfast, Castle Place

Battle of the Flowers and Float Parade, I

☆ 0

Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.

Battle of the Flowers and Float Parade, I

☆ 5.5

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are...