The best movies 1898 Pagina 5

Young people dance the Tarantella

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

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

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from...

A hypnotism scene from the Lumière Brothers.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

Annual pageant commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Morat, the victory in 1476 of the Swiss Confederates over the Duke of Burgundy. The...

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook...

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.

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

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...