Most Viewed Year 1898 - 17

The power of moving photography is exploited in this early film, not to dazzle audiences' eyes but to turn their stomachs. The camera is mounted on...

Scene of pilgrimage fair in a Czechoslavic village.

generally credited as the first known film by a Canadian filmmaker

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approaching from a distance.

Taken at the Cuban Volunteer Camp at West Tampa, Fla. Men are falling into line, two abreast, every man with his tin cup and dish. Command is given...

A fine picture of the launching of this splendid battleship; taken from the water. The vessel is shown sliding down the ways, plunging into the sea;...

Turin Expo, 1st May 1898. Inauguration of the Italian National Exhibition in the presence of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The Parco del...

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

A pretty young girl, chaperoned by her elderly father, is seated on a park bench. The old man is bent over his newspaper. The young girl's lover...

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Georges Hatot.

Four women dressed in the costume of the era perform a can-can. They were photographed from a single camera position.

A staging of Jesus' passion.

If you are looking for golf history then Musselbugh Links is the place to start: it's been spoiling good walks since Charles II sat on the throne....

Members of the photographic convention carrying tripods and cameras file past a waiting room on the deck of the Clyde steamer “Lady...