1860s America, a Shoshone band lives peacefully in isolation. As the Civil War rages, Union soldiers and settlers discover them, forcing relocation, constant displacement and threats of extermination, but finds hope for their future.
A British archaeologist finds an ancient village that opens the door to a story of a Druid Ministre Airell in the time Christ and religious upheaval, revealing the mysteries of Briton, the Druids, the coming of a new world.
The first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).
"A group picture of five stalwart coast guards playing about a life boat with some little children. There is not much action to the picture, but it is all very pretty and amusing. A kitten and a huge St. Bernard dog are included in the group."
This gives a splendid view of Sir Redvers Buller and the officers of his staff in khaki uniform, coming off the 'Dunottar Castle' at Cape Town, at the opening of the British-Boer War.
"Each year there is assembled at the great training grounds at Aldershot an immense army of Great Britain's soldiery. This annual encampment is the occasion of trials of skill in military games between the most noted athletes of the service. This picture shows a bayonet duel between two experts. The men wear heavily padded jackets and immense masks, and the onslaught is very furious. A group of noncommissioned officers and privates look on and applaud the various skillful moves."
"The real Zingari gypsy is an exceedingly picturesque person, quite different from the wandering nomads we are accustomed to see in America. Our photographer was very fortunate in getting one of these camps by the side of a Hungarian highway, and his work was so successful that one could hardly get a better insight into the life of these strange people if he were to spend months traveling in their own country. The naked children are rolling about on the grass with the dogs, the women are smoking pipes and cooking the evening meal over an out-door fire. The mother is telling fortunes for a stranger, and the whole scene is one of animation. Photographically the view is almost perfect."
"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous dexterity."
"[At the Queen's Jubilee Procession] A splendid view of the Canadian Premier escorted by one of the most famous organizations of the Great Britain Colonial Forces."
The Honorable Artillery passing in review at Windsor before the Royal Carriage in which are Her Majesty, and the Princesses Christian and Louise. The Prince of Wales, now King Edward VII, rides at the head of the line.
