Most Viewed Year 1897

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen...

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...

Three people playing cards.

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

Surrounded by an escort and preceded by the Prefect, President Félix Faure saluted as he advanced.

“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds...

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...