Shows a party of English people in their chairs. This is the only safe way of getting about in Canton, as the streets are indescribably filthy.
Watch the official Tourists Starting for Canton 1900 trailer in HD below.
United States 16 June 1900
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1900:
21 August 1900
“A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car.
01 November 1900
This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some wonderful experiments, and when he requests some assistance Happy Hooligan immediately volunteers his services and climbs upon the platform.
21 November 1900
Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things.
01 November 1900
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers.
21 May 1900
A girl in a Sevillian dress dances to the sound of music played a couple of men at the "Féria Sevillanos" [sic] during the Exposition Universelle de Paris - though she does not look a real Sevillian dancer.
01 January 1900
A Victorian vaudeville routine is given the big screen treatment with camera tricks galore.Three characters straight off the vaudeville stage - the mischievous tramp, the anarchic clown and the hapless bobby - duke it out here in a sketch involving an exploding gunpowder barrel.
01 January 1900
A ballet teacher trains a invisible group of dancers and gets angry about their incompetence. Early film with sound.
21 May 1900
This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system.
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