Most Viewed Year 1897

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

Gugusse and the Automaton (French: Gugusse et l'Automate), also known as The Clown and the Automaton, was an 1897 French short silent film directed...

Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different...

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

The Republic Square in Paris in 1897

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.

This film was shot on March 4, 1897 and is historic because it was the first footage shot of a sitting American President.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.