Most Viewed Year 1900 - 17

An interesting view of Central Park before there was a skyline of buildings. All along the length of the park on both sides and to the north, with...

A man flirts with a milk maid.

Two bad boys enter the kitchen. One climbs to the kitchen table and takes down the old lamp, the other goes to the flour barrel and scoops out some...

The stubborn resistance of the Boers is shown by the activity and persistency with which they fire the two large field pieces immediately in the...

This picture shows the Cadets marching, countermarching and a great many interesting manoeuvres.

Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it...

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

Two sets of images are superimposed. From the side, we see a two-masted ship. Across the deck walks a skeleton. It sits down, its legs akimbo. The...

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

Shots of waves crashing upon rocks just out of frame.

The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady...

A highland fling

Short film about the 25th anniversary celebration of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.

Parody of an unknown melodrama of the period.

An advertisement made for Dewar's whisky brand.

Shot in 1900, the film is of Elizabeth Yates, a trailblazing woman elected Mayor of Onehunga in 1893 – just a few weeks after New Zealand women...

Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.