Most Viewed Year 1897 - 1

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along...

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds...

The hanging of child murderer, William Carr

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

Another street scene of daily life.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

A view taken from Brighton beach on the Channel coast of the transit of Magnus Volk’s amazing seagoing electric railway, long celebrated as one...