02 January 1898 Factual 1 mins
A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of soldiers, or possibly more performers, march past. W K L Dickson who is directing the action can apparently be seen on far right of picture.
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William K.L. Dickson as Self
William K.L. Dickson Director of Photography
United Kingdom 02 January 1898
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30 September 1898
In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance.
05 August 1898
This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women and Wine'.
20 May 1898
A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.
01 February 1898
Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.
01 January 1898
The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal.
01 January 1898
Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1898 British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
