01 January 1897 Factual 1 mins
A view taken from Brighton beach on the Channel coast of the transit of Magnus Volk’s amazing seagoing electric railway, long celebrated as one of the world’s more bizarre railway experiments. All aboard for “A Sea Voyage on Wheels!"
Watch the official Brighton Seagoing Electric Car 1897 trailer in HD below.
United Kingdom 01 January 1897
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1897:
21 March 1897
[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions.
22 June 1897
30 June 1897
In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle.
18 May 1897
An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated painting.
22 June 1897
08 March 1897
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
30 November 1897
Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.
22 June 1897
09 January 1897
A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1897 George Albert Smith Films.