The best movies 1897

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the...

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

Young girls engage in a pillow fight until it is broken up by the headmistress. A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic,...

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is...

Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group...

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...

The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward...

The crew of seven dressed in cork jackets, push the boat through the surf; they clamber in and row out to the wreck. 50 ft.

The famous Seal Rocks at Golden Gate Park are here shown. Sea lions in their wild state are lying on the rocks and swimming and diving in the water.

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

One of the sights of San Francisco. A 50-foot slide is used by the bathers, who toboggan down its slippery surface in all positions...

At the Armour & Co. Chicago yard. Two railroad tracks dominate the center and right half of the frame as we look down about 40 meters where an...

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

Shows the S.S. "Queen" at Seattle with an immense crowd of miners crowding the decks of the boat and the docks, carrying aboard baggage, implements,...

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat...

Lost 1897 film in which two men argue over the affection of a woman in a café, with their discussion escalating into a fistfight. Widely...

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of...

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar. A few days after shooting 'Salida de misa de doce del Pilar', Jimeno decides...

Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).