Seznam filmů 1897
Chicken Thieves
The hen house occupies the entire left foreground of the picture, running back to the nearby road. The main foreground is filled with tall grass swept by the wind, the naturalness of which effect is remarkable. A thief appears 'round …
L'hallucination de l'alchimiste
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou La cornue infernale" (The Mysterious Retort) as this film, "L'hallucination de l'alchimiste" (An Hallucinated Alchemist) from 1897, which …
The X-Ray Fiend
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.
Après le Bal
A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
Le château hanté
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
A series of actuality films showing the procession to mark Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.
The Haunted Castle
George Albert Smith's remake of Georges Méliès - Le Manoir du diable (The Haunted Castle) from 1896. This film is lost or never existed. Copies of it online are actually a Méliès film.
Descente de la Grande Pyramide
Descent of the Great Pyramid.
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Panorama des rives du Nil, [I]
Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.
Bataille de neige
Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off his bicycle. He's not …
Les cambrioleurs
Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city.
Danse serpentine par Mme. Bob Walter
Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.
Le pêcheur dans le torrent
A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.
Entre Calais et Douvres
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
Arroseur et arrosé, III
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped …
The Vanishing Lady
Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. Man in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to life. The man expresses great love and desire for her, but every time the man …
Assassinat de Kleber
Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.
Boxeurs en tonneaux
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
L'assassinat du duc de Guise
This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.
Football
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
Danse serpentine
Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).
Baignade dans le torrent
A group of kids play in a stream.
Giant Coal Dumper
“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.”
L'Auberge ensorcelée
A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, pants flying through the air …
La prise de Tournavos
Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the enemy is about to overrun this position.
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Hiram Maxim shows off his machine gun.
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds of Clarence House.