Most Viewed Year 1898

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only...

An impressive eight-some performs some Victorian gymnastics for the camera

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

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.

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

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

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...

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII....

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

An adaptation of the folk tale.

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating...

One minute short on bamboo dancers.