Movies 1896

A royal wedding procession.

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

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

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

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

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...

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

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

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

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

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

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

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

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

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

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.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

A train ride with a view from the back of the train.

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

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

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...

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

A view of Piccadilly Circus in London.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.