Most Viewed Year 1897

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

Three people playing cards.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the...

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Another critically acclaimed Lumiere street scene.

A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône...

Comedy produced by the Lumière brothers society between 1896 and 1897 with unidentified direction.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen...

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...