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!"
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United Kingdom 01 January 1897
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1897:
30 November 1897
Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.
01 January 1897
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 room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, pants flying through the air and his shoes walking away by themselves.
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
16 May 1897
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
01 January 1897
La Poupée is a series of three short films inspired from a comedy in four acts of the same name by Edmond Audran, performed for the first time at the Théâtre de la Gaieté in Paris on 21 October 1896.
22 June 1897
Another parade film from the Lumiere company.
07 March 1897
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
22 June 1897
01 August 1897
Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1897 George Albert Smith Films.
