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Railway Ride over the Tay Bridge
Phantom ride shot from the engine front as a steam train pulling away from Wormit station…
Rescue - Resuscitation
A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using…
1897
Return of Lifeboat
Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving S…
Robbery
A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and tro…
Roma Camp
Roma Camp 1897
1897
Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
1897
Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
1897
Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
Rue Royale: Église de la Madeleine
Street images with horse carriages passing by.
1897
S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock
Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., which is operated in…
1897
S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor
A ship in a harbor.
S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away
“Shows the vessel after she has been fully turned and on her way across the Pacific. The b…
1897
S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock
A crowded ship heading out to sea.
1897
S.S. 'Queen' Loading
Shows the S.S. "Queen" at Seattle with an immense crowd of miners crowding the decks of th…
1897
S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike
Another Edison film of a ship departing.
1897
Seminary Girls
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number…
1897
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.
1897
Serpentine Dance: Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller performs a serpentine dance.
1897
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards
"Shows a large flock of sheep being driven from the cars to the slaughter house."
1897
Single Harness Horses
Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to sho…
1897
Southern Pacific Overland Mail
Taken on the S.P. Railroad, near tunnel No. 9. The train comes rushing out of the tunnel a…
Spike, the Bag-Punching Dog
"This active little animal has made a great hit wherever he has appeared on the vaudeville…
1897
Stanford University, California
People walking around the campus. The view shows an immense arch in the background through…
Suburban Handicap, 1897
The Suburban is run at Sheepshead Bay track, Coney Island. Several views of the great race…
Surf at Monterey
From Edison films catalog: The water breaks over the rocks, and is dashed into silvery spr…
Sutro Baths, No. 1
One of the sights of San Francisco. A 50-foot slide is used by the bathers, who toboggan d…
Sutro Baths, No. 2
“Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with m…
1897
Ten Inch Disappearing Carriage Gun Loading and Firing, Sandy Hook
"This is one of the most remarkable views that has ever been taken, and shows a modern hig…
The Battery
"This picture, taken from a rapidly moving tug, gives a very comprehensive idea of the low…
1897
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect…
The Dolorita Passion Dance
"Musicians are seated, playing, while the graceful Dolorita dances. It is the Danse-du-Ven…
The Electrical Carriage Race from Paris to Bordeaux
Actuality footage of the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris road trials — a procession of early mot…
1897
The First Sleigh-Ride
“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horse…
The Hanging of William Carr
The hanging of child murderer, William Carr
The Haverstraw Tunnel
A train travels along the tracks of the West Shore Railroad in Rockland County, New York.…
The Horitz Passion Play
A staging of Jesus' passion.