1890s Movies

A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

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

Young boys going into the sea water by Brighton's West Pier in the UK to pick up pennies thrown in by people on the pier.

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

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...

Set in the 1890s, Anna-Liisa and Johannes are young lovers. She agrees to his proposal because she is afraid that her crime will be revealed. Husso,...

An embarkation reportage film from the Boer War, a popular film subject at this time. Soldiers with bicycles appear in this parade. The British Army...

An actuallity film of a fairground carousel in action. Filmmaker unknown but it has been suggested it is R.W. Paul. The film was made on Hampstead...

Made in 1896 during the flat racing season (March-October) at Stockton Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire,...

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...