The best movies 1900

Alberto Santos Dumont flies one of his dirigibles.

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese...

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow. "L'Hiver: Danse de la neige" is the fourth and last film of the series DANSE DES SAISONS. "Le...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few...

One of Alberto Santos Dumont's dirigibles is led out of a hangar.

The fairy at a cabbage patch hovers over the babies. This is a remake of Guy's 1896 film on the same subject, this time shot in 35 mm.

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

In a charming dining room a very attractive young lady is seen seated at the table, evidently waiting for the caller who is to share a quiet little...

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot",...

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with...

Scenes on an ostrich farm, filmed in Natal during the Boer War.

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.

Prince Edward of York, executing the manual of arms, attended by Prince Albert, and Princess Victoria, of York.

Panorama of the Swiss city.

Cléo de Merode dancing the gavotte in 1900.

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

Prince Edward of York, executing the manual of arms with the British flag.

Produced by Casa Lepage, it is the first appearance of tango in the cinema, as it contains brief scenes in which the dancer El Negro Agapito...

Brazilian President Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles visits Argentina in 1900.

Spanish lost film about the Valencian carnival directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona. There is, however, a fragment that could correspond to this film.

Spanish lost film about Valencian traditions directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Several painters unsuccessfully try to paint something on a canvas. A man enters the scene and with a single brushstroke achieves a huge sign that...