1890s Movies

Set at the peak of the Australian Gold Rush, a young grave digger seeks vengeance for the death of his brother from a wealthy town Commissioner.

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.

The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...

1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu...

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

A cowboy mediator seeks to resolve a dispute between a boy and an indian.

Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...

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

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

A story about a London vampire, set in the Gay '90s. In black and white.

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 actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large...