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:
31 March 1897
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.
22 June 1897
24 June 1897
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
16 May 1897
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
01 January 1897
A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.
01 August 1897
Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.
22 June 1897
21 June 1897
Short film from (1897)
30 November 1897
Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.
25 October 1897
A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1897 George Albert Smith Films.
