Most Viewed Year 1900 - 18

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

"The Bath" is a flip book remake of After the Ball (Après le Bal) made in the late 1800s.

A woman climbs out of bed and lifts her nightdress to search for a flea. Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book

A Chinese man lures a white girl into his den and teaches her to smoke opium. Police raid the place in a nick of time and arrest him.

A contortionist and her little dog, Zaza

Parody of an unknown melodrama of the period.

An early variety performance with synchronised gramophone sound. Thought to be an early version of The Blind Boy (1917).

Photographed February-March, 1898 in Canton, China

Royal Navy recruits firing cannons and rifles on board a ship.

An advertisement made for Dewar's whisky brand.

Shot in 1900, the film is of Elizabeth Yates, a trailblazing woman elected Mayor of Onehunga in 1893 – just a few weeks after New Zealand women...

A panoramic bird's-eye view of Paris and the Exposition. Taken from a captive balloon, the camera being pointed downward so that the exact effect is...

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

Workers of all ages depart Oldroyd's wool mill – and the filmmakers' camera is a subject of curiosity.

A series of short motion-studies of athletes for the 1900 Olympics in Paris.

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

The parade of carriages, costumed riders, and exotic animals passing over the bridge at Inverness, Scotland, has attracted a crowd, despite the rain.

Shot just a few days after the relief of Mafeking, this film captures the progress of British military personnel across the Vaal River in South...