1896 Movies

Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy

The first hand-tinted movie, showing a group of dancers.

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint...

Two women do a Russian dance

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

A bullfight in Mexico.

"Shows papa walking the floor with a crying baby in his arms. An exceedingly laughable subject."

This was one of a number of films made to exploit the filmic possibilities of flowing water in the wake of the popular appeal of Rough Sea at Dover.

People leaving the factory.

This is just at the title suggests. it's the McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton