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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Single File on Glaciers With Snowshoes, l. Montée Trailer (1899)

01 January 1899

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.

Faucheurs annamites Trailer (1899)

29 April 1899

Enterrement annamite Trailer (1899)

29 April 1899

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