1896 Movies

The short film Une allée du bois de Vincennes from 23 June 1896 (France)

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the cent...

A view from across the landing at Coney Island as a boat shoots down the track. "Shooting the Chutes" sign can be seen in the background.

Arrival of a railway train.

A Japanese veil dance is performed

A tram passes by a couple of times.

People being fully dressed walking on the beach.

The 1896 film Défilé du 38e régiment du génie à Madrid (Parade of the 38th Regiment of Engineers in Madrid) is a historical French documentary film th...

Performance of a ballet - was found among the films collected by Gregorio Antonino María Sagarmínaga

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A bullfight in Mexico.

Workers leave a factory in Paris, France. This Pathé film was produced in imitation of those of the Brothers Lumière.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Another ordinary street scene.

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

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

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint...

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days, and devel...

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