Seznam filmů 1899
L'impressionniste fin de siècle
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.
Cendrillon
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès …
L’Affaire Dreyfus, à l'île du Diable
A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.
Le chevalier mystère
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
Entretien de Dreyfus et de sa femme à Rennes
Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and Demange, with whom he is seen in animated conversation. A visit from his wife is announced, …
Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve)
Within a printing (printing a test).
The Kiss in the Tunnel
Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the Tunnel is said to mark the beginnings of narrative editing. It is in …
L'affaire Dreyfus, le Conseil de guerre en séance à Rennes
The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.
L'affaire Dreyfus, suicide du colonel Henry
Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a letter, on completion of which he rises and takes a razor out he had …
L’Affaire Dreyfus, La Dictée du bordereau
Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the Bordereau. He notices the nervousness of Dreyfus, and accuses him of being the author of …
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
[DUPLICATE of the other 'Panoramic View of Frere Camp']
Affaire Dreyfus : Attentat contre Maître Labori
Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are followed by another man to whom Colonel Picquart calls Labori's attention. They, however, consider his …
Débarquement à Quiberon
A section of the port Haliquen (Quiberon) Bretagne, at night where Dreyfus was landed by French marines, and officers after his transport from Devil's Island. He is received by the French authorities, officers, and gendarmes, and conducted to the station …
L’Affaire Dreyfus, Mise aux fers de Dreyfus
Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Two guards stealthily approach the cot upon which Dreyfus is sleeping. They awake …
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene
Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.
Le diable au couvent
A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium.
Maple Leaf Viewing
[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leaves), in which Danjuro played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V (1844-1903) as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina. Filmed by …
La petite fille et son chat
A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto the …
La bonne absinthe
Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe.
Au cabaret
Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.
L'affaire Dreyfus
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.
La danse du feu
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from …
Scottish Troops Leave For South Africa
An embarkation reportage film from the Boer War, a popular film subject at this time. Soldiers with bicycles appear in this parade. The British Army began using bicycles from the 1880s, to expand from horse transport for men. Supplying bicycles …
The Miser's Doom
A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.
The 'Roslin Castle' (Troopship) Leaving for South Africa
Spectators on the quayside at Southampton wave farewell as the crowded troopship Roslin Castle moves away to the right of the picture. Large numbers of troops on board wave back to loved ones and the crowd including thr 2nd Battaliion …
Two People at Dojo temple
Shot at the Kubut-za in Tokyo and a rare record of two classical kubuki actors, Onoe Eizaburo V and Ichimura Kakuki-za VI, A surviving poster for this film is illustrated by a woodblock print of the lead actors by ukiyo-e …
Her First Cigarette
From a single camera position, two young women are photographed lighting a cigarette. After several puffs, one of the young ladies becomes faint, and the other one tries to revive her fallen friend.
Vue de l'avant d'un transatlantique par un gros temps
Film shot from a ship at sea.
Cavalcade historique en Sardaigne
Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.
Le retour, Place de l'Etoile
Street scene: Arch de Triumph.