Most Viewed Year 1898

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

Soldiers ambush a house.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

The famous show makes a parade.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Scene of the last supper.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters,...