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: 15197
- 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)
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. To license footage from this subject, go to: www.travelfilmarchive.com
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: 34280
- Tags: gold rush mining miner miners mine prospecting prospector prospectors alaska yukon klondike
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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.
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...
Otto von Bismarck The Iron Chancellor 1815-1898
Otto von Bismarck (1 April 1815 30 July 1898) 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
1898 Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment Washington
Beautiful lighthouse especially in it un-restored state showing age and character. The mouth of the Columbia river is called the 'graveyard of ships' with more than 2000 ships and boats having gone down with the loss of 700 lives. This are is just outside of Ilwaco Washington and at the start of ...
- JCVdude
- Length: 5:32
- Views: 1189
- Tags: Worlds Longest beach Long Cape Disappointment dunes Astoria Whidby Island Hwy 101 birdwatching Olympic Peninsula Sea View Light House tour fishing charter clamming camping cycling biking Rving Ocean Park Spray cranberry farming road trip Washington State parks travel planner motels rental cheap family vacation property real estate lodging hotel getaway Highway Puget Sound Snohomish Bellingham HELLOBC jcvdude tourism SONY HD videography Kelowna BC
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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.
Statue of Liberty 1898
Sept 3, 1898. Edison Manufacturing Co. Bedloe's Island in New York's harbor bares Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's 'Liberty Enlightening the World' (the Statue of Liberty) which was only 12 years old at the time of this film. This is the first view immigrants had of the New World as the ships would e...
- TigerRocket
- Length: 0:51
- Views: 4924
- Tags: newyorkcity new york city nycny nyc ny hudson upper harbor bay statue of liberty national monument torch immigrants 1886 bedloe's ellis island water front waterfront kinetoscope actuality actualities 1898 thomas alva edison manufacturing company co. Library Congress paper print collection
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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: 4689
- 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: 6757
- Tags: Edison Brown Wax Cylinder 1897 Graphophone Phonograph Victrola Roosevelt Rough Riders Columbia Gramophone
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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: 28509
- Tags: Old New York rare footage New York City 1898 Thomas Edison
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Retromercial: Sunlight (1898)
No, your eyes aren't fooling you. This really is a commercial from 1898. It's a French ad for Sunlight detergent. There are no words, of course. But nonetheless fascinating to watch.
- dianamherrera
- Length: 0:49
- Views: 10194
- Tags: retro 1800s commercial vintage
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Georges Melies - The Magician - 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 ...
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