1897 Movies

  • 1897
    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    5.9581897HD

    The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

    The Hallucinated Alchemist
  • 1897
    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    6.0381897HD

    Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway
  • 1897
    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    5.1041897HD

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

    After the Ball
  • 1897
    Snowball Fight

    Snowball Fight

    Snowball Fight

    6.51897HD

    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...

    Snowball Fight
  • 1897
    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    5.4411897HD

    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...

    The X-Ray Fiend
  • 1897
    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.2381897HD

    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...

    The Bewitched Inn
  • 1897
    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.6691897HD

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

    The Haunted Castle
  • 1897
    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    4.41897HD

    The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward...

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
  • 1897
    Women Fetching Water from the Nile

    Women Fetching Water from the Nile

    Women Fetching Water from the Nile

    4.31897HD

    Women Fetching Water from the Nile
  • 1897
    Serpentine Dance

    Serpentine Dance

    Serpentine Dance

    6.51897HD

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

    Serpentine Dance
  • 1897
    Le Caire, un enterrement

    Le Caire, un enterrement

    Le Caire, un enterrement

    4.21897HD

    A funeral parade in Cairo.

    Le Caire, un enterrement
  • 1897
    Football

    Football

    Football

    5.61897HD

    Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

    Football
  • 1897
    The Devil's Laboratory

    The Devil's Laboratory

    The Devil's Laboratory

    3.21897HD

    "The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

    The Devil's Laboratory
  • 1897
    Japanese Sword Fencing

    Japanese Sword Fencing

    Japanese Sword Fencing

    4.71897HD

    The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

    Japanese Sword Fencing
  • 1897
    The Miller and the Sweep

    The Miller and the Sweep

    The Miller and the Sweep

    5.3331897HD

    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...

    The Miller and the Sweep
  • 1897
    Naval Combat in Greece

    Naval Combat in Greece

    Naval Combat in Greece

    5.31897HD

    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...

    Naval Combat in Greece
  • 1897
    The Surrender of Tournavos

    The Surrender of Tournavos

    The Surrender of Tournavos

    51897HD

    Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

    The Surrender of Tournavos
  • 1897
    Washerwomen on the River

    Washerwomen on the River

    Washerwomen on the River

    5.31897HD

    Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.

    Washerwomen on the River
  • 1897
    Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's

    Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's

    Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's

    41897HD

    Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
  • 1897
    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    5.11897HD

    “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...

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory