1896 Movies

Another ordinary street scene.

The camera sails off, giving us a view of the port from the water.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

This short film – less than two minutes long – captures the arrival of the first train from Cascais to Cais do Sodré.

"A company of little darkies showing off their paces to the music of the banjo."

Lumiere panorama shot.

A tram passes by a couple of times.

A short clip of United States military on horses

Police detachment in Germany.

Fire brigade response to an alarm in Berlin.

The first hand-tinted movie, showing a group of dancers.

Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896. At a fair at...

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.