1898 Movies

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan),during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on 35mm film by the Lumiere brothers in 1898. On August 2 of the same year, a demonstration of Alexander Michon'...

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys and trying to hit the disc toward the goal.

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

A parade in the Vatican.

J. Stuart Blackton filming the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898

The Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue of Liberty.

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

Scene of the last supper.

A group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898.

American Indians dancing.

Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approaching from a distance.

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Georges Hatot.

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of tossing in a blanket. The newly arrived recruit, who is the victim of their sport, enjoys himself, perhaps, less tha...