Most Viewed Year 1900 - 19

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

The famous Polytechnic Harriers, one of Britain’s premier athletic clubs, who would later open the 1908 London Olympics, running a paper chase...

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

Cleveland Fire Department rushes to extinguish a fire as a crowd watches.

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...

unknown director

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

At the turn of the 20th century, the streets of Manila are filled with horse-drawn carriages, people in white European dresses, and wedding parties...

Two men lose it laughing at something in a magazine

Back in Blighty - after fighting in the Boer War, these volunteer soldiers are heading home to London and Middlesex

A magician dressed as Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of people and objects in this short film.

A couple of clowns try to ride a pennyfarthing around a stage, while fighting.

This British Bioscope short from 1900 is a crackerjack piece, on an order with 1903's FIREBOAT 'NEW YORKER' ANSWERING AN ALARM. It's little more than...

Two comedians are washing at basins. One covers himself in white soap lather, but slyly gives blacking to his fellow, who applies vigorously.

A former carpenter who became one of the first cameramen in Japanese cinema history, Tsuchiya Tsuneji travelled to North America to help in the...

A short film

A scene takes place in front of a cafe; only one performer.