1896 Movies

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

Children drag their nets on the beach at low tide: the girls, with their skirts raised, compete enthusiastically with the boys in this exercise.

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...

Mexicans lassoing a horse.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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

A keeper gives food to two tigers through the bars of the cage.

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...

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial processio...

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

On a street, a man greets passers-by and welcomes two cyclists and three horse riders who stop along the sidewalk.

A team of artillery passing through the palace courtyard, followed by a parade of horsemen.

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

People leave through the two main doors of the church and disperse onto the square.

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

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 sticks...

A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.

The scene depicts famous baths where bathers plunge into the water from a prodigious height, performing somersaults. A very curious effect when you vi...

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary,...