The best movies 1897

A ship in a harbor.

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Lost 1897 film in which two men argue over the affection of a woman in a café, with their discussion escalating into a fistfight. Widely...

Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).

Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the...

Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar. A few days after shooting 'Salida de misa de doce del Pilar', Jimeno decides...

Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.

A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of...

Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).