"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start and first part of the race."
Watch the official Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1899 trailer in HD below.
Cambridge-Oxford Boat Race Trailer
Oxford-Cambridge Boat-Race Trailer
United Kingdom 01 April 1899
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1899:
11 June 1899
One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.
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.
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.
01 January 1899
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
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.
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.
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.
20 November 1899
This picture ... centers about some guard ropes moving about, perhaps in the wind, perhaps as the platform the movie is taken from rolls about, while in the background, a procession of ships goes by.
20 June 1899
The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans.
10 September 1899
He throws off his coat, takes the rope in his mouth, dives from the raft into the river, and under a hot fire swims to the opposite shore, which is lined with Filipinos, hauling the raft after him and safely landing his men, who put the Filipinos to flight.
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?
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1899 British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.