1896 Movies

East Side Drive, No. 1 (1896) is a brief, silent actual-city documentary directed by James H. White for Edison. Filmed on New York City’s East Side du...

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

In a schoolyard, students lined up disperse after a supervisor passes by.

“This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene is remarkable for its natural effect. The opening of the eng...

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on the square.

Reception of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany in Frankfurt am Main.

A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.

While an assistant tends the embers in the hearth, a farrier prepares the horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.

The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around a...

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

Traffic of pedestrians, trams, horse-drawn carriages and carts at the intersection of two streets.

Two babies, sitting next to each other in their chairs, are playing with their toys, but one of them takes a doll from the other, causing the latter t...

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...

"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog

Heavy traffic of pedestrians, trams and cars on a street.

A regiment marches past behind its officer and musicians.

Queen Victoria and family experience the new 'cinematograph process'.

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left). Virtu...

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.