1890s Movies
- 2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 189802024HD
The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...
- 1974
Return of the Big Cat
Return of the Big Cat01974HD
A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.
- 1898
An Execution by Hanging
An Execution by Hanging01898HD
A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1949
Katupeilin takana
Katupeilin takana51949HD
1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu...
- 2022
A Workman's Grave
A Workman's Grave02022HD
Set at the peak of the Australian Gold Rush, a young grave digger seeks vengeance for the death of his brother from a wealthy town Commissioner.
- 1899
The 'Roslin Castle' (Troopship) Leaving for South Africa
The 'Roslin Castle' (Troopship) Leaving for South Africa2.51899HD
Spectators on the quayside at Southampton wave farewell as the crowded troopship Roslin Castle moves away to the right of the picture. Large numbers...
- 1899
Scottish Troops Leave For South Africa
Scottish Troops Leave For South Africa51899HD
An embarkation reportage film from the Boer War, a popular film subject at this time. Soldiers with bicycles appear in this parade. The British Army...
- 1896
Hyde Park Corner
Hyde Park Corner51896HD
Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital...
- 2002
Cuba
Cuba12002HD
- 1896
Children playing with skipping rope
Children playing with skipping rope41896HD
A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...
- 1896
Boys Scrambling For Pennies
Boys Scrambling For Pennies01896HD
Young boys going into the sea water by Brighton's West Pier in the UK to pick up pennies thrown in by people on the pier.
- 1945
Anna Liisa
Anna Liisa01945HD
Set in the 1890s, Anna-Liisa and Johannes are young lovers. She agrees to his proposal because she is afraid that her crime will be revealed. Husso,...
- 1948
Ruusu ja kulkuri
Ruusu ja kulkuri01948HD
The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an...
- 1896
Bicycling Group
Bicycling Group61896HD
A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.
- 1894
Japanese Dancers
Japanese Dancers41894HD
Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.
- 1951
Kesäillan valssi
Kesäillan valssi01951HD
A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family...
- 1895
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II41895HD
A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...
- 1896
Carousel
Carousel51896HD
An actuallity film of a fairground carousel in action. Filmmaker unknown but it has been suggested it is R.W. Paul. The film was made on Hampstead...
- 1896
Street Scene in unidentified European city
Street Scene in unidentified European city51896HD
An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large...
- 1899
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton3.31899HD
Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...