1896 Movies

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 ev...

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...

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

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 consider...

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

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

Dragoons parade.

Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray...

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

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

“The scene depicts the collapse of a section of wall in a factory.” Three workers demolish a wall in the presence of Auguste Lumière.

“These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the founding of the Kingdom of Hungary.” Parade...

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

A parade of horse-drawn carriages escorted by riders and a crowd of journalists.

Game of marbles between four or five boys.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Upon the train's arrival at the station, employees and passengers appear on the platform.