Most Viewed Year 1900 - 4

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese...

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.

A bunch of cyclists going past the camera.

"The Bath" is a flip book remake of After the Ball (Après le Bal) made in the late 1800s.

A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

A Chinese dragon parade.

This picture, taken from Thorneycroft's Yard, shows the two boats about twelve lenghts apart - a state of things owing to terrible weather in which...

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.

The fairy at a cabbage patch hovers over the babies. This is a remake of Guy's 1896 film on the same subject, this time shot in 35 mm.

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin...

Stairs from the Pont de l'Alma.

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.