1896 Movies

Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.

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

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend...

“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...

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

A large pool in Milan has diving boards set at different heights. As some people watch from along the pool's edge, others enjoy themselves by diving i...

This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River. The train is seen rapidly approachin...

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's secon...

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...

A steamboat coming to port.

Five black and white minstrels dancing and playing musical instruments in Rupert Street, London.

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.