The best movies 1897

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

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

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the...

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

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

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

The Martinez sisters performing a spanish dance

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...

Related to Clown and possibly a sequel. Also known as "Clown sans tabouret"

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.

Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

"The main feature is the toboggan slide. Some sit down while others lie down, either head or feet first."

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white...

The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and...

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

A group of four children, circle dancing.

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

State officials meeting on a landing.

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...

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...

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

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

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).

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

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

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

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...