Movies 1896 Page 7

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a...

A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around...

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 bout between a tall man and a dwarf.

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.

A French family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

The crowd gathers, on the lawn, in front of the grandstand.

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb...

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

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

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

Children diving into the river.

Short film from 1896.

In a medium long shot, we see a view of the Seine, with some logs floating. Perhaps they are rubbish. Swimmers enter from the right, get as far as...

People being fully dressed walking on the beach.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the...