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 LIST OF MOVIES RELEASED IN 1897  

  • After The Ball, directed by Georges Méliès. First film to create the illusion of female nudity through a skin looking designed costume.

  • Baignade dans le torrent, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché.

  • La Bandera Argentina, believed for a long time to have been the first Argentine film. Now considered lost.

  • Between Calais and Dover directed by Georges Méliès. A fictitious sea crossing.

  • The Bewitched Inn, directed by Georges Méliès.

  • Buffalo Police on Parade, produced by Edison Studios.

  • Chicago Police Parade, directed by Louis Lumière.

  • The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight, a documentary directed by Enoch J. Rector. The first film shot in widescreen. At an hour and 40 minutes, it is the first known feature film ever made.

  • Cupid and Psyche, produced by Edison Studios.

  • An Hallucinated Alchemist, directed by Georges Méliès. May be the first film to feature stop motion animation in cinema.

  • The Haverstraw Tunnel

  • Horses Loading for Klondike, directed by James H. White.

  • Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde, directed by Peter Elfelt; the first Danish movie sequence ever filmed.

  • The Last Cartridges directed by Georges Méliès. A dramatised war scene.

  • Leander Sisters, produced by Edison Studios.

  • Leaving Jerusalem by Railway, directed by Alexandre Promio and released by the Lumière brothers. May include the first moving camera shot in cinema.

  • Lurline Baths, produced by Edison Studios.

  • Making Sausages, directed by George Albert Smith.

  • The Milker's Mishap, directed by James H. White; it is unknown whether or not this film has survived.

  • New Pillow Fight, produced by Siegmund Lubin.

  • Niagara Falls, directed by Louis Lumière.

  • Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer, directed by George Albert Smith.

  • On the Roofs, directed by Georges Méliès.

  • Peeping Tom, a production of the American Mutoscope Company. A comedy.

  • Sea Fighting in Greece directed by Georges Méliès. A dramatised naval war scene.

  • Seminary Girls, directed by James H. White.

  • Spanish Bullfight, directed by Louis Lumière

  • The Surrender of Tournavos directed by Georges Méliès. A dramatised war scene.

  • Sutro Baths, No. 1, produced by Edison Studios.

  • The X-Rays, directed by George Albert Smith. Cited as one of the first examples of special effects by jump cut.