1896 Movies

Parade of hunters and Spahis.

A train pulls into the station, and the crowd of travelers invades the dock.

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's secon...

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River. The train is seen rapidly approachin...

Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.

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

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flip...

At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.

A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls simultaneou...

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary,...

Young boys going into the sea water by Brighton's West Pier in the UK to pick up pennies thrown in by people on the pier.

A Paris street scene.

Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.

Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.