1896 Movies

Vehicles are circulating on the Champs-Élysées, and some pedestrians are trying to cross.

“Black people perform a dance from their country in a London street.” A troupe of white musicians in blackface play and dance in the street in front o...

In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

Donkeys descend a footbridge while pedestrians, a cart and a van pass by.

At a high window, the firefighters installed a canvas sleeve that extended down to the ground, and the people slid down this sleeve to escape the flam...

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on Biograph’s p...

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

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

The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30 1895...

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

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

Georges Méliès lost film.

A dramatic dance, filmed by Paul Nadar in 1898. Preserved by Langlois' Cinematheque.

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 above...

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table i...

The delegations of German choirs march behind their flags and enter the building.