Soldiers ambush a house. This is the Alice Guy version, not to be confused with the less accessible Lumiere of the same title from the same year.
Watch the official Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak 1898 trailer in HD below.
House Ambushed at Dawn Trailer
France 11 January 1898
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19 May 1898
The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second.
02 January 1898
One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.
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.
01 January 1898
The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.
01 August 1898
A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.
01 December 1898
There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive.
01 January 1898
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
22 June 1898
Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.
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