1898 Movies

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War),surrounded by curiousl...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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...

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

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 leaps....

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and cl...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

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

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the Inte...

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Du...

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only fort...

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him...

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking pic...