1896 Movies

Dragons escorting officers on horseback.

Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.

Nimes, leaving the church.

Lumiere street scene.

Lumiere panorama shot.

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.

Boston, Commercial Street.

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's company Star Fi...

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.