19th Century Movies

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

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

An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.

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

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

On a full moon night in London, a young lady called Victoria is being chased by the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper.

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...

South of Italy, XIX century. A couple of brigands are chased in the woods. The man has a bounty on his head and is terrified by everything, while the...

A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl.

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

The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and...

The late 19th century war between Chile and Peru rages on. The battle has now moved to Arica and Tacna.

Normandy, 1905. The picnic is finished. A group of middle-class people in their Sunday best, get ready to go home. There is one last photo to be...

Adventurer Allan Quatermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his...

Soviet Georgian film by Eldar Shengelaia. Based on short story by D. Kldiashvili

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

A young Jewish woman is pressured to marry a wealthy man even though she is in love with someone else.