1896 Movies

"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers

directed by Lumière brothers. 1896

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

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...

Possibly the oldest surviving film shot in Spain, depicts Spanish dancers frantically doing their thing.

Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.

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...

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

The Tsar travels to Paris.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.