1899 Movie Trailers
Watch official trailers for movies released in 1899.
Most Popular 1899 Trailers
Total trailers found: 353
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shoreline.
Astor Battery on Parade Trailer (1899)
20 January 1899
The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday, January 21, 1899.
Cleopatra's Tomb Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
A lost film. A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it.
Après le lancement : sortie des invités et du public Trailer (1899)
06 August 1899
View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.
Cinderella Trailer (1899)
01 October 1899
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
Three Acrobats Trailer (1899)
20 March 1899
The Buffoons are artists in their line. They tumble in and out of trick doors, disappear and reappear in unexpected places in most unexpected ways.
Ladies on Bicycles Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.
"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing Trailer (1899)
27 September 1899
The Shamrock is seen after its defeat in the 1899 America's Cup, along with the Erin, which served as its tow boat across the Atlantic.
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women Trailer (1899)
30 April 1899
Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
Two People at Dojo temple Trailer (1899)
02 January 1899
Shot at the Kubut-za in Tokyo and a rare record of two classical kubuki actors, Onoe Eizaburo V and Ichimura Kakuki-za VI, A surviving poster for this film is illustrated by a woodblock print of the lead actors by ukiyo-e artist Yutaka Hitoshi, a frozen moment of the incipient transition from traditional art-forms of ukiyo-e and kabuki to the new, and all-dominating medium of katsudo-shashin (cinema).
Danse japonaise, III : Gueichas en Jinrikcha Trailer (1899)
02 March 1899
Women getting onto a rickshaw.
At the Club Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe. There is no known credited director for this film, although the attribution usually goes for Alice Guy.
Maple Leaf Viewing Trailer (1899)
28 November 1899
A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina.
Pau : la place du marché Trailer (1899)
26 May 1899
Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.
The Dreyfus Affair Trailer (1899)
04 November 1899
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.
Fougere Trailer (1899)
20 November 1899
The famous Parisian chanteuse in the rag-time cakewalk 'Hello, Ma Baby,' with which she made such a sensation at the New York Theatre.
Inauguration du monument de Victor-Emmanuel à Sassari Trailer (1899)
19 April 1899
Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari.
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women Trailer (1899)
30 June 1899
Shows the efficiency of modern life-saving methods and apparatus now in use by the fire departments. Shows the front of a building burning and two ladders raised against it.
'Columbia' Winning the Cup Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
This picture shows the Columbia crossing the line, leading the Shamrock by about 1/2 mile. The Shamrock is plainly seen in the distance and she later comes up and crosses the line in the same picture.
Dreyfus Put in Irons Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell.
Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve) Trailer (1899)
29 October 1899
Within a printing (printing a test).
Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle Trailer (1899)
20 March 1899
"Down goes the Spanish flag, and up floats the Stars and Stripes. Down falls the symbol of tyranny and oppression that has ruled in the new world for four hundred years, and up goes the Banner of Freedom.
Sortie de la briqueterie Meffre et Bourgoin, à Hanoï Trailer (1899)
30 April 1899
Asian remake of Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory, apparently.
Lady Cyclists Trailer (1899)
02 January 1899
A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.
Cuirassés de l'escadre française sur les côtes de Sardaigne Trailer (1899)
11 April 1899
Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet
A Midnight Episode Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window.
Moulin à homme pour l'arrosage des rizières Trailer (1899)
14 July 1899
A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.
La poupée: Le curé et les mannequins Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.
The Kiss in the Tunnel Trailer (1899)
31 December 1899
A train heads for a tunnel. In one car, a restless man smokes, and a woman is reading on the seat opposite him.
La serenata di Fregoli Trailer (1899)
13 December 1899
Leopoldo Fregoli plays the guitar to set-up a gag.
Visite de Leurs Majestés à la mine de fer Trailer (1899)
15 April 1899
View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.
Tollhouse! A Close Shave! Trailer (1899)
13 December 1899
As Camilla sleeps in the garden of Tollhouse Inn, Roland steals a vial of elixir from under her skirt.
Scottish Troops Leave For South Africa Trailer (1899)
01 November 1899
An embarkation reportage film from the Boer War, a popular film subject at this time. Soldiers with bicycles appear in this parade.
The Mysterious Knight Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
Panorama of Calcutta Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2 Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
“This is a new negative showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York, in which the immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky.
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar Trailer (1899)
20 October 1899
George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won without the death of a single person in the battle.
Rout of the Filipinos Trailer (1899)
01 June 1899
A reenacted short from 1899 produced by Thomas Edison’s company during the Philippine-American War.
Fête de Paris 1899: Concours d'automobiles fleuries (départ) Trailer (1899)
12 June 1899
Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.
Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail Trailer (1899)
01 September 1899
One of eleven installments of The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus), a docudrama reconstructing the historical Dreyfus Affair, which was still playing out as the series was being filmed.
The Human Pyramid Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them on a pyramid-shaped stage.
The Pillar of Fire Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot.
The Return to Champs-Élysées Trailer (1899)
11 June 1899
One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.
Summoning the Spirits Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under �
Extravagant Struggles Trailer (1899)
22 November 1899
In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.
La Pelouse - Voitures et foules Trailer (1899)
31 December 1899
Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.
Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
Two women in long skirts, wearing hats, and carrying umbrellas, gossip beside a fence. Two men on the other side of the fence reach through from underneath and nail the women's skirts to the boards.
Fun in Camp Trailer (1899)
20 May 1899
“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears.
