1896 Movies

A train ride with a view from the back of the train.

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 the...

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Ujazdow Avenue.

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days, and devel...

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 cent...

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

The crowd gathered along the fence wave their hats at the passing riders, before slowly starting to clear.

A man and a girl approach, while three riders pass in rapid succession across the field.

Governor Thomas Lord Brassey and his entourage walk past, under the watchful eye of the police and the cheers of the crowd.

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