Movies 1896

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left)....

A royal wedding procession.

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each...

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

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

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Turcos regiment parade.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the...

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan stage.

Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

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...

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

The royal family of Italy go for a walk in the park.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a...

A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor

A servant persuades a cellist to play and his errant wife returns.

Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing...

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.