1898 Movies

The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second. Next ma...

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

The interior of a country school is shown. The teacher has stepped out for a moment, and all the youngsters are carrying on. Two wicked little urchins tie a string across the aisle where the teacher is expected to pass, and when she comes in she falls over it....

A man changes clothes immediately.

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.

The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.

Thieves are chased by police on rooftops.

Two bearded sages engage ina dispute before a large cauldron, from which they summon up Mephistopheles.

"Here is a film, one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of colored professionals in their favorite pastime, a cake walk. This is a winner and is bound to win applause. Be sure to ask for this film; it's a corker. Very laughable."

On the Letná Field in Prague a white horse called Vasil is performing exercises in a circle, being on longe. A man is performing so-called "longeing" - hopping on an unsaddled horse and performing exercises while riding it. At the back you can see the Prague C...

Leopoldo Fregoli eating at the restaurant.

Scene of pilgrimage fair in a Czechoslavic village.

Don Juan Tenorio is a 1898 Mexican silent drama film directed by Salvador Toscano who was Mexico’s first filmmaker and is also the first film adaptation of Don Juan Tenorio, a play by José Zorrilla.

An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.

"Wyścigi konne na Polu Mokotowskim" (1898) is a Polish documentary film directed by Bolesław Matuszewski. The film depicts a horse race that took place at Pole Mokotowskie, a large park located in Warsaw, Poland. This film is an early example of motion picture...

Directed by Prof. Stevenson.