1896 Movies

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band march...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.

A look at a public square in Paris.

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

On a makeshift stage three pairs face-to-face in peasant clothes are dancing Minho's traditional step dance. The clothes are more close to Santarém fo...

A bullfight in Mexico.

"Shows papa walking the floor with a crying baby in his arms. An exceedingly laughable subject."

An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.

This was one of a number of films made to exploit the filmic possibilities of flowing water in the wake of the popular appeal of Rough Sea at Dover.

People leaving the factory.

Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy