View from an Engine Front - Barnstaple (1898)
This 'phantom ride' along a stretch of partly elevated track through the Devon town of Barnstaple and its main station is an oddly haunting experience. Aside from two briefly-glimpsed London & South-Western Railway employees waving flags, no human activity is apparent until the train reaches the ...
bfifilms- Length: 2:04
- Views: 18530
- Tags: BFI National Archive Warwick Trading Company silent film Victorian train railway tracks rails station signal signalman flag bridge elevation
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Santa Claus (1898)
Made in 1898, GA Smith's 'Santa Claus' is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas. A former magic lanternist and hypnotist, Smith was one of the first British film-makers to make e...
Historic Footage- Vaudeville Acts 1898 to 1910 (Part 1 of 2)
Historic Footage- Vaudeville Acts 1898 to 1910 (Part 1 of 2)
1898 Alaska Klondike Gold Rush Story, Dawson City, Yukon River
Segment of a short 1950s film that was called 'City of Gold' about Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Alaska / Yukon Canada area.
- goldhunting
- Length: 8:18
- Views: 43453
- Tags: gold rush mining miner miners mine prospecting prospector prospectors alaska yukon klondike
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Southern Pacific Sunset Limited 1898
Southern Pacific Sunset Limited comes from distance and crosses screen with spectators waving from ground to passengers on train. Passengers wave back. Another trains crosses in opposite direction. Topurchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use co...
Hockey match - 1898
A game of hockey played on the pond (I assume) in 1898. The camera stays focused on one spot throughout the clip. No sound. (You can download this video here: hdl.loc.gov ) Two minutes for too many men on the ice! ;)
Tung Yingchieh (1898-1961)
Tung Yingchieh, founder of Tung Style Taichi. Tung Ying Chieh was a student of Yang Chenfu. He was the creator of Tung Style Taichi, and performs his slow set in both pieces of the footage. The first part was filmed in 1950 and the second was filmed in 1945.
Otto von Bismarck The Iron Chancellor 1815-1898
Otto von Bismarck (1 April 1815 30 July 1898) 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
View From An Engine Front - Ilfracombe (1898)
This careering ride through the Devon countryside to the seaside town of Ilfracombe can offer us some insights into the first years of film. "Phantom rides" such as this were very popular with audiences as the novelty of movement was what was so new about the cinema. Films were often shown as par...
Maiko, vintage clip from 1898
vintage clip from 1898. maiko performing for the camera, doing everyday things in full attire. I'm pretty sure this is public domain by now, and if it isn't I am very sorry and I'll delete it immediately.
Reviewing the ''Texas'' at Grant's Tomb 1898
Sept. 3, 1898 Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) Producer: James H. White Camera: James Stuart Blackton (1875-1941) and / or Albert E. Smith New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought bet...
- tigerrocket
- Length: 1:39
- Views: 5150
- Tags: newyorkcity new york city nycny nyc ny manhattan mauritius hudson north river uss texas old hoodoo spanish-american war spain cuba united states navy naval battle usn kinetoscope silent actuality actualities 1898 stuart blackton albert e. smith library of congress
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1898 Edison BROWN Wax Cylinder Announced "At Edison's Laboratory" Roosevelt's Rough Riders March
Step back in time with me to the year 1898 as we listen to a historic early Edison brown wax cylinder from my collection recorded that year. One of my favorite brown wax cylinders, this has the delightful and elaborate announcement "Governor Roosevelt's Rough Riders March Played By The 71st Regim...
- musicboxboy
- Length: 3:17
- Views: 8613
- Tags: Edison Brown Wax Cylinder 1897 Graphophone Phonograph Victrola Roosevelt Rough Riders Columbia Gramophone
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Georges Melies - The Astronomers Dream - 1898
Audio Skore's, Shannon Harris was asked to arrange and perform in 2008 a series of a short scores live featuring the works of the legendary Georges Melies. Seeing that this type of film was several generations before my time I found it challenging to adapt/connect to the material but was able to ...
Belly Dance-Ella Lola-1898 Turkish Song-1900
Produced by Michael J. Loughlin for the Thomas A. Edison Music Video Co.
- mrocklin
- Length: 3:13
- Views: 51539
- Tags: bellydance rajah edison vaudeville phonograph turkish
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Sleighing in Central Park, 1898
A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Only two pedestrians appear.
- superxpehh
- Length: 0:50
- Views: 31014
- Tags: Old New York rare footage New York City 1898 Thomas Edison
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General Kitchener takes Omdurman, Sudan, 1898
Clip from the 1939 movie "The Four Feathers" (130 min). (Based on the eponymous novel by AEW Mason). General Kitchener's expedition is aiming to reconquer the Sudan, and to deal with the Khalifa's (successor to the "Mad Mahdi's") army -- which ultimately happens at Omdurman, one of many battles a...
- klaarst77
- Length: 3:18
- Views: 14491
- Tags: Zoltan Korda Alexander Korda RC Sherriff Lajos Biro Arthur Wimperis John Clements June Duprez Ralph Richardson C. Aubrey Smith Allan Jeays Jack Allen Donald Gray Clive Baxter John Laurie Robert Rendel Miklos Rozsa Georges Perinal Henry Cornelius United Artists London Films white feather Egypt Sudan General Gordon General Kitchener Khartoum Mahdi Dervishes
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