1896 Movies

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table i...

An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band march...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A staged scene of a mugging on a London street. The interesting feature here is the hand controlled flashing light street sign used in the backdrop, s...

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

A dramatic dance, filmed by Paul Nadar in 1898. Preserved by Langlois' Cinematheque.

On a makeshift stage three pairs face-to-face in peasant clothes are dancing Minho's traditional step dance. The clothes are more close to Santarém fo...

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the upcomin...