Movies 1896 Page 3

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary....

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

Students in Lyon.

A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.

View of a group of Milanese rowers. The video was made by the operator Giuseppe Filippi, the official dealer of the Lumière Brothers for the Italian...

Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.

Mexicans lassoing a horse.

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

Lumiere short

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.

19th century carnival ride.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

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

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

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...

Coach W. Hickenbotham takes "Newhaven" out of his box and places the horse at the center of the paddock. Gardiner, the jockey, saddles up the horse,...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Persimmon winning the 1896 Epsom Derby. Not to be confused with 'The Derby 1985' from the same director.

'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...

A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen. Thick volumes of smoke pour...

A young woman takes off several layers of clothing.

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W....

Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

Artist draws Thomas Edison.

"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog