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Weary Willie

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

Women Fetching Water from the Nile

Wood Fire

Men burning a pile of wood.

'Vizcaya' Under Full Headway

"A splendid picture of the pride of the Spanish navy, taken on the occasion of her visit t…

10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars

Hurrah here they come! Hot, dusty, grim and determined! Real soldiers, every inch of them!…

6ème bataillon de chasseurs alpins: ascension du sommet du diable

Soldiers marching up a winding trail.

71st Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y. at Camp Wyckoff

Of the thousand and more men who left New York for the Cuban Campaign, scarcely three hund…

9th Infantry Boys' Morning Wash

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, s…

A Blast at the Solvay Quarries

Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in…

A Bucking Broncho

Views of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.

A Favourite Domestic Scene

A Panorama of Indian Scenes & Procession

Directed by Prof. Stevenson.

A Street Arab

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camer…

A Switchback Railway

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small…

After Launching

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the plea…

Alciede Capitane

A showcase of trapeze artist Alciede Capitaine, billed as “The Perfect Woman,” whose darin…

Ally Sloper

Man dresses up as a woman, and the film is reversed.

An Execution by Hanging

A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacks…

An Unwelcome Visitor

Director: William Heise Production Company: Edison Manufacturing Company Country: USA

Au réfectoire

Some boys are seated at a table outdoors for a meal when a fight breaks out.

Barcelone, panorama du port I

The camera sails off, giving us a view of the port from the water.

Battery B Arriving at Camp

When Battery B of the 4th U.S. Artillery came to Tampa, Fla., it meant business, and the p…

Battery B Pitching Camp

Soldiers setting up camp.

Battle of Santiago Bay

Vitagraph’s Battle of Santiago Bay (1898) blended real Spanish–American War footage with t…

Boys Bathing: Venice

A bunch of naked boys jump and splash in the water right on one of the canals of Venice. T…

Bull Fight, no. 3

The film was photographed as if in the audience at a bull fight. No. 3 shows the collapse…

Burial of the 'Maine' Victims

Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.

Cake Walk

"Here is a film, one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of colored professiona…

Calf Branding

Branding calves in 1898.

California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approach…

Capuchin Monks in Vatican City

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

Carrefour de l'opéra

Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

Cattle Leaving the Corral

An active outdoor film with cattle being driven from an outdoor corral by mounted cowboys.

Changing the Flag at Puerto Rico

A staged actuality attributed to the Biograph Company, produced during the Spanish–America…

Chicago Fire Department Runs

Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.

Chiens savants: la danse serpentine

A canine serpentine dance.

Cinderella

An adaptation of the folk tale.

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron s…

Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Officers of His Staff

This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent offi…

Colored Troops Disembarking

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colore…

Come Along, Do!

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robe…

Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Corso cycliste

Men walk through the street with their flower-decorated bicycles in this early Pathe actua…

Cuban Ambush

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards…

Cuban Refugees Waiting for Rations

A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butche…

Cuban Volunteers Embarking

We see a dozen or so Cubans walking a plank onto a ship.

Cuban Volunteers Marching for Rations

Taken at the Cuban Volunteer Camp at West Tampa, Fla. Men are falling into line, two abrea…

Dance espagnole par 'La Belle' Otero

Beautiful Spanish Dance by Carolina Otero.

Dispute de cocher

A man gets into an argument with his carriage driver.

Dogs Playing in the Surf

San Diego Beach, Hotel del Coronado. A pug dog, several terriers and water spaniels and a…

Dutch Fishing Boats

Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

Filmed in 1898 by Edison cameramen, this actuality records Pueblo dancers performing the t…

Early Fashions on Brighton Pier

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Tril…

Elopement on Horseback

As a woman waits outside of a window, a man rides up on horseback, and she jumps on behind…

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl

A farmer kisses a lean girl.

Feeding Sea Gulls

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

Fighting the Fire

Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burnin…

Fighting with our Boys in Cuba

A Vitagraph film about the war of 1898

Fregoli trasformista

A man changes clothes immediately.