List of years in film       (table)
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Years in film
1870s
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 and beyond

Contents 1 Events 2 Films released in 1897 3 Births 4 References

Events

• 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the projector lamp.
• Mitchell and Kenyon go into a film-making partnership^[1]
• Enoch Rector develops a 63 mm film format called Veriscope, which films the Corbett-Fitzsimmons championship match.
• Thomas Henry Blair develops a 48 mm film format called Viventoscope.
• Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession filmed

Films released in 1897

• La Bandera Argentina
• The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
• The Haverstraw Tunnel
• Horses Loading for Klondike
• Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde
• The Milker's Mishap
• The Miller and the Sweep
• New Pillow Fight
• Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer
• The Peeping Tom

Births

• February 10 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (died 1992)
• February 12 - Vola Vale, American actress (died 1970)
• March 16 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (died 1970)
• April 1 - Nita Naldi, American actress (died 1961)
• April 14 - Claire Windsor, American actress (died 1972)
• June 16 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (died 1948)
• June 19 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (died 1975)
• June 23 - Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (died 1986)
• October 28 - Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
• October 30 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928)
• September 23 - Walter Pidgeon, American actor (died 1984)
• November 13 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (died 1975)