1890s Movies

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...

A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and...

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital...

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...

In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the...

Spectators on the quayside at Southampton wave farewell as the crowded troopship Roslin Castle moves away to the right of the picture. Large numbers...

30 seconds of actual snowball fighting from 1899. A quick glimpse of a time gone by

An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on...