1896 Movies

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W....

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...

Men are unloading sacks of grain from a yardarm while the sacks are being weighed.

The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.

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

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...

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

Parade of dragoons followed by several horse-drawn carriages.

Military parade shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Short film of children dancing produced with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.

A short clip of United States military on horses

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

Filmed in 1896, this actuality captures everyday life at Alexanderplatz, one of Berlin’s central squares. The camera records crowds of pedestrians cro...

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...

Bustle on the avenue.