Movies 1896 Page 24

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

Matadors exiting carriages in Madrid.

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Short from 1896.

The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30...

“Arrival of a train at Villefranche (Rhône) station.” A train enters the station, travelers get off it while others get in.

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.

A Japanese veil dance is performed

The Tsar travels to Paris.

Herding cows

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days, and...

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...

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

A bullfight in Mexico.