1896 Movies

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

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, re...

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs away...

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.

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital (...

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville flipbook....

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

"No Longer Alone". Parody of "Finally Alone".

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the unique ou...

The film shows the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and is one of the earliest documentary recordings of the city.

An actuallity film of a fairground carousel in action. Filmmaker unknown but it has been suggested it is R.W. Paul. The film was made on Hampstead hea...

Pedestrian and cart traffic in front of the Toledo Gate.

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...

Street scenes released by Gaumont and filmed on equipment made by Georges Demenÿ. (On view at BFI Mediatheque).

Early short film