The best movies 1897

Silent film directed by Georges Demenÿ for Gaumont. An actual remake of the Lumiére brothers' "Démolition d'un mur" (1896).

A woman is troubled by a flea. In order to find him, she gradually takes her dresses off.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Passengers disembarking in the port of Nice.

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play

A fascinating, up-to-date dancing diversion by four pretty girls in stunning costumes.

Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different...

Not much is known about this film except that it was shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin. Presumably produced by Eugène Pirou

"Beautiful water effects at Haines' Falls, a most picturesque and charming mountain cataract. The wild and rugged surroundings are very impressive.

A group of four children, circle dancing.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Men run a training course

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

Using an egg, a candle and a flame, a magician makes a rabbit appear in a frying pan, to the great surprise of his assistant and to the applause of a...

Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

Lost 1897 film in which two men argue over the affection of a woman in a café, with their discussion escalating into a fistfight. Widely...

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of...

Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).

Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).

Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar. A few days after shooting 'Salida de misa de doce del Pilar', Jimeno decides...

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.