1896 Movies

Artist draws Thomas Edison.

While trying to get a suitable pose for a constantly moving client, a photographer knocks over his camera and appears to be very unhappy about the inc...

Lumiere short

A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the...

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic in a square.

"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...

This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Riders passing by on horseback.

Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

Pedestrians and a tram crossing the bridge in front of the Maximilianeum.

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

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

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

The crowd gathers, on the lawn, in front of the grandstand.

A crowd leaves the cinema and disperses into the street while cabs circulate or park.