The best movies 1900 Pagina 2

The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

Alberto Santos Dumont flies one of his dirigibles.

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.

Aboard the 'Tonkin' - jumping rope.

Shows a party of English people in their chairs. This is the only safe way of getting about in Canton, as the streets are indescribably filthy.

This picture shows the young cadets going through their daily exercises and drill, and is full of life, and photographically perfect.

A Lumière Brothers short film.

Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the Ambulance Corps. Tenderly they pick up the unfortunates...

Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To separate Foottit and Chocolat who are fighting, their...

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.

A crew of railroad workmen are busy along the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. When the Black Diamond Express appears in the distance, they...

James White, the Edison Company's main filmmaker at the time, realized a burst of creativity during his visit to the 1900 Paris Exposition. It's...

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island, this Edison short takes place on the U.S. torpedo boat Morris as we see some men loading up a torpedo that is...

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.

Brazilian President Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles visits Argentina in 1900.

“Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background,...

A Chinese dragon parade.

People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.

Produced by Casa Lepage, it is the first appearance of tango in the cinema, as it contains brief scenes in which the dancer El Negro Agapito...