01 January 1899 1 mins
A very amusing picture, showing a crowd of children and old folks disporting on a sand hill in one of the big public parks of Berlin. This picture is one of the "hits" of the Biograph.
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Germany 01 January 1899
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1899:
20 May 1899
Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of great interest, but the view of uptown New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, steeples and towering apartment houses.
01 January 1899
Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the Hospital de Clínicas de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires.
20 June 1899
The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans.
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.
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.
31 December 1899
Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.
01 January 1899
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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