1897 Movies
- 1897
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat7.1041897HD
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and ev...
- 1897
The X-Ray Fiend
The X-Ray Fiend5.41897HD
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...
- 1897
The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle5.6481897HD
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
- 1897
After the Ball
After the Ball5.11897HD
A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
- 1897
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory5.11897HD
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great...
- 1897
Naval Combat in Greece
Naval Combat in Greece5.31897HD
An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the ca...
- 1897
Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover5.4191897HD
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
- 1897
Snowball Fight
Snowball Fight6.5921897HD
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 th...
- 1897
Norrström : débarquement
Norrström : débarquement31897HD
- 1897
Serpentine Dance
Serpentine Dance6.4931897HD
Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).
- 1897
Football
Football5.5831897HD
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
- 1897
Driving with Greenland Dogs
Driving with Greenland Dogs5.51897HD
Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)
- 1897
Bonne d'enfants et soldat
Bonne d'enfants et soldat5.81897HD
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
- 1897
Le goûter des bébés
Le goûter des bébés5.11897HD
- 1897
The Bewitched Inn
The Bewitched Inn6.31897HD
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--be...
- 1897
Return of Lifeboat
Return of Lifeboat41897HD
Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...
- 1897
Death of Marat
Death of Marat4.41897HD
This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary writer, Je...
- 1897
The Fisherman at the Stream
The Fisherman at the Stream4.8421897HD
A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.
- 1897
Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles
Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles3.61897HD
A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.
- 1897
Transport of a Turret by a Team of 60 Horses
Transport of a Turret by a Team of 60 Horses5.31897HD
A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the turret suggests th...