1896 Movies

A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.

Exiting through various gates of the cathedral, people descend the stairs and scatter across the square.

The camera shows a water ride at Bergen Beach at Coney Island. A raised track filled with water forms a chute, and a small boat full of park visitors...

Reception of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany in Frankfurt am Main.

“His Majesty King Umberto II and the Queen of Italy in Monza.” King Umberto I and Queen Margaret of Savoy descend the stairs, followed by a few people...

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film consider...

Lumiere short

The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around a...

While an assistant tends the embers in the hearth, a farrier prepares the horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.

Heavy traffic of pedestrians, trams and cars on a street.

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

The veil covering the statue of William I falls away. The crowd stirs, men uncover themselves, and some of the horsemen move.

Using a wide-brimmed hat, Félicien Trewey caricatures several personalities and different types of characters: Bruant, Edward III of England, the Scot...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

The camera shows a view of the American Falls and Goat Island.

"This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the c...

19th century carnival ride.