1900 Movies

A British battery emplacement fires a gun and the gun collapses; its wheels fall from the hillside as a contingent of Boers attack.

Christine Kerf as the Greek muse Terpsichore, in 1900.

Lumière short on the 1900 World's Fair

In China at the turn of the 20th century, there was a rebel group called the Society of the Harmonious Fist, otherwise known as Boxers. They attacked...

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 late...

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

Only 15 seconds remain of this lost short about the famous garden scene in Romeo and Juliet

This short film, along with other experimental sound films, is thought to have been recorded for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle' of 1900.

At the opening of this picture, a couple are seen in dim outlines, spooning on a park bench. In comes a policeman, armed with a dark-lantern, which he...

Footage of a parade party in the Netherlands.

Early film adaptation of The Prodigal Son.

Footage showing Arab riders.

The president of South Africa (Transvaal) visits Paris.

Short film about a magician.

A German warship.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A train snaking around Chamonix, Switzerland, with a steep Alpine slope inches away from the tracks.