Most Viewed Year 1897 - 28

The Republic Square in Paris in 1897

"This active little animal has made a great hit wherever he has appeared on the vaudeville stage. A large bag is suspended by a cord so that it is...

Actuality film viewable at BFI Mediatheque.

A harbour view: the arrival of a steam ship in Bordeaux.

Early short film

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

A battery being set up.

Old film of a two-stage train arriving in France, 1897.

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...

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

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

A comedy skit with drinking and animal tricks.

This Pathe actuality of men and horses fording the Marne.

Clip showing president François Félix Faure and entourage walking the street.

The troops ride their horses from the right edge of the frame to the left edge of the frame. It's among the simplest of actualities, since the...

A street scene.

Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.

Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.