The best movies 1897 Pagina 2

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat...

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

Chasseurs Alpins quickly arrive near their packs and immediately begin to equip themselves.

The Swedish Royal family arrives at the General Art and Industrial Exposition at Djurgården in Stockholm on 15 May 1897.

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting;...

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

The scene of the train's arrival and passengers boarding and disembarking.