Most Viewed Year 1900 - 20

An explosive bit of early war film. These two exciting snippets were potentially part of a much larger action extravaganza. Originating from Alfred...

An astonishing display of synchronised gymnastics. The looping, synchronised vaults on display here are truly mesmerising - thanks both to the skill...

In the early days of films, most regional film showings happened at the fairground. The Travelling Cinematograph of Bioscope was a popular...

Take an exhilarating ride on one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world, the Hong Kong Peak Tram. The route opened in 1888, and this...

It's a demolition derby, as two giant industrial chimneys come crashing down to earth. Although this is dynamite footage, no explosives are used -...

Victorian filmmakers loved few sights more than crashing waves. Who those filmmakers were in this particular case is not documented, but they have...

This film title is almost, though not quite, false advertising. There's certainly a gale, and a wrecked ship, but the one didn't cause the other....

You’ll need your sea legs to watch this film, which was apparently filmed from a perilous position on the ship’s mast - in rough seas....

Panorama of the Quai de la Seine and the pavilions of the exhibition.

Movement of visitors in front of the Exhibition water tower.

“Same scenery as in the previous view, the sailors embark in the canoes which take them ashore.”

In an arena, a Landes race scene with cows.

Southampton High Street, train view

this film is a documentary about the trip of Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar to Belgium. In Muzaffar al-Din Shah's travelogue, there is a report that is...

British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900

Exercises and jumps on parallel bars.

Coolie Boys Diving for Coins positions a scene, popularised in early film generally, within a distinctly colonial context. As with similar films, it...

"A series of admirable living pictures, posed by competent artists, and faithfully representing well-known art masterpieces, notably the works of...

A couple is attacked by warriors.

A dispatch rider gets through a Boer ambush.