Movies 1896 Page 4

Governor Thomas Lord Brassey and his entourage walk past, under the watchful eye of the police and the cheers of the crowd.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.

Parade of hunters and Spahis.

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.

A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

Children dig for clams on the beach

Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.

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.

An African American family eats watermelons.

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

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

A look at the waterfalls of the Passaic River in the northern New Jersey city of Passaic.

A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

"A mother walks her baby in a small child's car, then puts him down and moves away a little by calling the baby who takes his first steps to join his...

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

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

This was one of a number of films made to exploit the filmic possibilities of flowing water in the wake of the popular appeal of Rough Sea at Dover.

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from...

Possibly the oldest surviving film shot in Spain, depicts Spanish dancers frantically doing their thing.

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.

People leaving the factory.

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

Porters bring goods into a warehouse.

Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896. At a fair...