1896 Movies

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...

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

The camera shows a water ride at Bergen Beach at Coney Island. A raised track filled with water forms a chute, and a small boat full of park visitors...

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

Short of the Tuileries.

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by...

A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

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

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

The first travelling shot.

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.

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...

New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge

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 le...

“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,...