Panorama of Calcutta Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899 Factual 2 mins
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
Watch the official Panorama of Calcutta 1899 trailer in HD below.
01 January 1899 Factual 2 mins
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
Watch the official Panorama of Calcutta 1899 trailer in HD below.
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01 January 1899
A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience.
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.
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.
20 June 1899
Up the road comes a detachment of infantry, firing, advancing, kneeling and firing, again and again..
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.
31 December 1899
Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.
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.
20 May 1899
"This is a very remarkable picture, showing Union Square, New York City, during the great March blizzard of 1899.
01 January 1899
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
02 January 1899
A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.
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.
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