1890s Movies

  • 1896
    Dignitaries Coming Down Gangplank

    Dignitaries Coming Down Gangplank

    Dignitaries Coming Down Gangplank

    41896HD

    Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't...

    Dignitaries Coming Down Gangplank
  • 1895
    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    41895HD

    A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • 1970
    Two Toddlers in High Chairs

    Two Toddlers in High Chairs

    Two Toddlers in High Chairs

    51970HD

    Two toddlers sit for the camera in their best clothing. One is determined to take toys and objects from the other until the other toddler starts to...

    Two Toddlers in High Chairs
  • 1896
    Fire Brigade

    Fire Brigade

    Fire Brigade

    51896HD

    4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

    Fire Brigade
  • 1899
    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    01899HD

    A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in...

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War