20 March 1899 1 mins
"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. In the distance are the turrets and battlements of Morro, the last foothold of Spain in America."
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Tearing Down the Spanish Flag Trailer
United States 20 March 1899
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01 June 1899
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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.
27 September 1899
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01 January 1899
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
10 September 1899
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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.
10 March 1899
This view represents the passage of a decorated chariot; The many spectators fight with confetti.
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.
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.
04 February 1899
The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.
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