19th Century Movies

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...

Recorded by pioneers as far back as 1805, the Tasmanian tiger has become an intensely mystifying Australian icon, whose entire existence has become...

Vincent Van Gogh's life was a masterpiece painted with the dueling colors of madness versus genius. However, this inner battle gave birth to some of...

Three young orphans team up with the Frankenstein Monster to battle a Wolfman in their small mountain community.

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

A 1984 Slovak language drama film directed by Martin Tapák.

Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.

An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the Boer War in South Africa.

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...

Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water...