1896 Movies

A parade of horsemen, accompanied by a few onlookers.

Cuirassiers approach at a gallop and, having arrived near the officers, lash the air with their sabers and scatter in all directions.

Black people are cleaning and washing the floor.

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

To the rhythm of the drum, young girls perform a gymnastic exercise in the courtyard of a high school, and parade while holding sticks.

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville flipbook....

Panoramic view of the docks, the city and a pontoon bridge.

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

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.

Two roosters are fighting in front of three men crouching around the fighting area.

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the upcomin...

Shot in 1896 by a Lumière cameraman, this short actuality shows three horse-drawn carriages, escorted by liveried footmen and soldiers, arriving as pa...

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the earliest traveling shots in cinema. With the came...

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

Three cats take turns jumping to grab the food that a woman's hand is holding above them.

“These two views were taken in Stuttgart during a festival.” A group of musicians on horseback, in Renaissance costume, parade along the road. Delegat...

In a square, among the passers-by, three men are cutting and carrying away firewood.