Most Viewed Year 1900 - 21

Silent record of a performance by Joseph Pujol. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly...

An American Mutscope & Biograph production.

Hepworth title C.I.V. Procession: Cyclists and Infantry, catalogue no. 158 ("In their midst proudly marched a trooper who carried the flag of the...

A beautiful young blonde woman in scanty attire is seen reclining in the center of a set of a spider web. A well-dressed young man passes in front of...

Jeanne Chasles dances for the presentation of the Phono-Cinema-Theatre.

Footage from the Boer War.

A Skirmish with the Boers Near Kimberley by a Troop of Cavalry Scouts Attached to General French's Column. A staged attack by British troops in South...

The president of South Africa (Transvaal) visits Paris.

A short skit in which vaudeville duo Foottit and Chocolat reenact the Wilhelm Tell routine.

A spy is executed by firing squad.

Horse drawn fire engines en route to an emergency.

Directed by F.B. Thanawala.

School is over for the day. A stationary camera is trained on the door of the high school at the top of a few stairs. A man and small boy emerge,...

The approach to a cantilever bridge is shown. The camera is on the front of the car traveling over the rails. The car crosses the cantilever bridge,...

his film was shot in an alley of San Francisco's Chinatown on Saturday, September 15, 1900, at midday. The topography of the site (sloping down to...

Inauguration of the Expo.

Visitors come and go to the thermal springs of Le Mont-Dore. Some are wrapped up in warm garments, some arrive in palanquins.

A film in which limbless Nikolai Kobelkoff demonstrates a series of tasks, from aiming a pistol to performing gymnastics. Kobelkoff was born without...

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.