Most Viewed Year 1898 - 18

First comes the famous Marine Band of the 'Brooklyn,' with the mascot goat beside the bass drum. The 300 marines follow in rapid marching order, a...

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous...

People entering an arena on horseback.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then...

1898 indian short

1898 indian short

Short comedy

A member of the Queen's Guards falls for the charms of a young woman. (Viewable at BFI Mediatheque).

Lost silent short.

View from a funicular train in the Montreux region.

First pageant celebrating the opening of the Swiss National Museum.

Patriotic celebration in Lausanne marking the centenary of the independence of the Canton of Vaud.

Third part of a series of vues of the Basel Carnival.