The best movies 1900

Alberto Santos Dumont flies one of his dirigibles.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

One of Alberto Santos Dumont's dirigibles is led out of a hangar.

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow. "L'Hiver: Danse de la neige" is the fourth and last film of the series DANSE DES SAISONS. "Le...

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few...

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese...

The fairy at a cabbage patch hovers over the babies. This is a remake of Guy's 1896 film on the same subject, this time shot in 35 mm.

In a charming dining room a very attractive young lady is seen seated at the table, evidently waiting for the caller who is to share a quiet little...

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with...

Prince Edward of York, executing the manual of arms with the British flag.

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To separate Foottit and Chocolat who are fighting, their...

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.