Most Viewed Year 1900 - 3

Marquesas in their sedan chairs.

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

A bunch of cyclists going past the camera.

Two men lose it laughing at something in a magazine

A Chinese dragon parade.

Well did you ever? Two women share juicy stories, and enjoyably shocked reaction, over tea.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

Aboard the 'Tonkin' - jumping rope.

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

A Lumière Brothers short film.

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

A dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

A spy is executed by firing squad.