1896 Movies

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

After being alerted, firefighters rush out of the station.

Herding cows

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

“These two views were taken in Stuttgart during a festival.” Costumed men parade, the first on foot, others on horseback, along the road.

Children are playing with sailboats on the pond.

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several ot...

Slavic dance routine by Les Sœurs Rappo

The Tsar travels to Paris.

Two women perform a choreographed 'Russian' dance routine.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, wh...

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests...

American Falls, from Incline R.R. (1896) is a brief silent actuality directed by James H. White and produced by Thomas A. Edison. Filmed from a touris...

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Ujazdow Avenue.

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscrip...

Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.

A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps.