12 December 1900 Factual 1 mins
Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.
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United States 12 December 1900
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1900:
01 January 1900
The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.
01 August 1900
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
21 August 1900
Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the background.
21 May 1900
Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role.
21 September 1900
This is the building in which so many of the poor orphans met their death. The place is completely dismantled.
21 May 1900
This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system.
01 January 1900
Royal Navy recruits firing cannons and rifles on board a ship.
01 January 1900
With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse.
21 November 1900
A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the flags of Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and China are brought forth, and from each a soldier is produced corresponding with the flag of each nation.
31 October 1900
White’s camera offers several 360-degree pans of views of the fairground, then amazes by tilting up and down the Eiffel Tower, and concludes with a stunning tracking shot to the highest point above Paris.
21 May 1900
Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite.
21 September 1900
This picture shows several buildings which were wrecked and also shows a rear view of this hotel, which is on the highest point of land in Galveston, and in which several thousand people were saved.
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