Most Viewed Year 1900

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is...

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

A turn-of-the-last-century hand-tinted short, which features two women, Miss Lally and Miss Julyett, dancing at a ball. By the legendary French...

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.

Passengers travelling in litters in the French protectorate of Annam

Traditional dance to a flute tune.

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

Scenes on an ostrich farm, filmed in Natal during the Boer War.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

A Chinese dragon parade.

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.