1896 Movies

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on Biograph’s p...

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man falls...

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flip...

The film shows the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and is one of the earliest documentary recordings of the city.

A short clip of United States military on horses

A train pulls into the station, and the crowd of travelers invades the dock.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

A servant persuades a cellist to play and his errant wife returns.

A large number of workers, mostly young women, leave by the front door of their work place at lunch time. The building has an impressive colonnaded fa...

Men walk by as a dog lays about. Just out of view, a crippled man is begging for money.

An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large b...

Young boys going into the sea water by Brighton's West Pier in the UK to pick up pennies thrown in by people on the pier.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

"No Longer Alone". Parody of "Finally Alone".

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital (...

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the perfor...

Military parade shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Persimmon winning the 1896 Epsom Derby. Not to be confused with 'The Derby 1985' from the same director.