1896 Movies

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...

A succession of attacks and defensive parries by the fencers.

In the port of Naples, about fifteen fishermen are hauling their fishing nets by pulling on the cable.

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

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

Pedestrian traffic and passage of a tram.

Brooklyn, Fulton Street

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

Traffic on the bridge.

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

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

Herding cows

On a dock, a crane lifts the stall where a horse is locked and pivots.

Soldiers, alone or in pairs, dance a jota.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, re...