The best movies 1898 Pagina 5

An adaptation of the folk tale.

Filmed in 1898 by Edison cameramen, this actuality records Pueblo dancers performing the traditional Eagle Dance. The performers, clad in feathered...

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general...

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...

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.

A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.

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

A religious procession during the Holy Week in Seville, Spain.

Street scene shot from a balloon.

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

Shows steam fire engine in action. Men scale ladders and play streams of water on a burning building. Very realistic.

Short reportage

A man puts on several different faces.

"On the way to San[ta] Monica, Cal., the train approaches, runs through and emerges from a tunnel. Train passes in opposite direction. Camera is at...

Parade footage.

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

Two men with three lordships between them.

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

Vitagraph’s Battle of Santiago Bay (1898) blended real Spanish–American War footage with tabletop trickery. Albert E. Smith’s...