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.

Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle Trailer (1899)

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.

Tollhouse! A Close Shave! Trailer (1899)

13 December 1899

As Camilla sleeps in the garden of Tollhouse Inn, Roland steals a vial of elixir from under her skirt.

Rout of the Filipinos Trailer (1899)

01 June 1899

A reenacted short from 1899 produced by Thomas Edison’s company during the Philippine-American War.

Summoning the Spirits Trailer (1899)

20 May 1899

A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under �

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.

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