The best movies 1898

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...

Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

Skating scene.

Papa is reading his newspaper and his little girl tickles his neck with a long straw. Thinking it is a fly papa "shoos" away the supposed fly with...

The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.

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...

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

Leopoldo Fregoli gets free tasty samples.

Branding calves in 1898.

An adaptation of the folk tale.

American Indians dancing.

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

A showcase of trapeze artist Alciede Capitaine, billed as “The Perfect Woman,” whose daring feats on the flying bar combined grace with...

A man changes clothes immediately.

Annual pageant commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Morat, the victory in 1476 of the Swiss Confederates over the Duke of Burgundy. The...

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

Don Juan Tenorio is a 1898 Mexican silent drama film directed by Salvador Toscano who was Mexico’s first filmmaker and is also the first film...

Arguably the first animation film in Spain, where two ships collide.

Directed by pioneering Catalan filmmaker Fructuós Gelabert, this short documentary captures the royal visit of Queen Regent María...

Workers unload the coal they collected as part of their routine.

Filming of the arrival of the Spanish soldiers from the Cuban War.

Filming of a storm in Riazor Beach, Galicia (Spain).

A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre...

Workers leave the factory where they work once the day is over.