1897 Movies
- 1897
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 83.81897HD
From Edison films catalog: Taken during the Klondike excitement. The streets are crowded with miners buying outfits and supplies. Mule trains, trolley...
- 1897
Bains en mer
Bains en mer5.3041897HD
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
- 1897
Exit of the Twelve O'clock Mass of the Pillar of Saragossa
Exit of the Twelve O'clock Mass of the Pillar of Saragossa3.71897HD
Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.
- 1897
Repas en famille
Repas en famille5.31897HD
A Japanese family having tea.
- 1897
Japanese Sword Fencing
Japanese Sword Fencing4.71897HD
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
- 1897
The Miller and the Sweep
The Miller and the Sweep5.4351897HD
In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's sw...
- 1897
M. le président à l’hôpital militaire écoutant le compliment d’une petite fille
M. le président à l’hôpital militaire écoutant le compliment d’une petite fille01897HD
- 1897
Boxers in Barrels
Boxers in Barrels3.71897HD
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
- 1897
Entrée d'une noce à l'église
Entrée d'une noce à l'église4.751897HD
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
- 1897
Débarquement
Débarquement5.11897HD
Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
- 1897
Washerwomen on the River
Washerwomen on the River5.31897HD
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
- 1897
The Pyramids (Overview)
The Pyramids (Overview)5.21897HD
A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.
- 1897
Entrée du cortège royal à l'Exposition
Entrée du cortège royal à l'Exposition4.31897HD
The Swedish Royal family arrives at the General Art and Industrial Exposition at Djurgården in Stockholm on 15 May 1897.
- 1897
The Hallucinated Alchemist
The Hallucinated Alchemist6.11897HD
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Par...
- 1897
The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle4.71897HD
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...
- 1897
L'arroseur arrosé
L'arroseur arrosé5.51897HD
Remake of the 1895 by the Lumière Brothers. A similar scene is filmed from a different angle, and a young man has replaced the prankster child.
- 1897
Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre
Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre3.81897HD
The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
- 1897
Attelage d'un camion
Attelage d'un camion5.21897HD
A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.
- 1897
Faust: Metamorphosis of Faust and Appearance of Marguerite
Faust: Metamorphosis of Faust and Appearance of Marguerite01897HD
- 1897
Départ d’un bateau sur la Tamise
Départ d’un bateau sur la Tamise01897HD