The best movies 1897

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

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...

Passengers disembarking in the port of Nice.

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

A barber creams his customer carelessly and pulls a strop attached to the customer's throat like a snare. He then stirs wildly as the customer's head...

A magician performs a few tricks.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

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

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

Two duelists, armed with pistols, open fire: one of them is hit and collapses. First aid is given to him, while the other is taken away.

Young girls engage in a pillow fight until it is broken up by the headmistress. A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic,...

Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.

A group of kids play in a stream.

A group of four children, circle dancing.

Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group...

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

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.