Movies & TV Shows from 1899

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.

A silent film, likely about someone leaving a bath

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start and first part of the race."

Wilhelm II. returns from his trip to Bethlehem

Two gondolas, slowly approaching, dock along the wharf, and both Italian and German sovereigns disembark: Umberto I accompanied by Wilhelm II, and Margherita of Savoy accompanied by Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday, January 21, 1899. We see a parade cross Broadway onto Union Square with the mounted police, the band and then the Astor Battery. The footage of this short is still in very good condition, which adds a lot considering how little footage is available of these men.

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.

Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

Film shot from a ship at sea.

A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in excitement but are moved aside by a member of the regiment. Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Within a printing (printing a test).

A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

Local workers climb the slope pushing carts.

Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a letter, on completion of which he rises and takes a razor out he had concealed in his porte-manteau, with which he cuts his throat. The suicide is discovered by the sergeant of the guard and officers.