Most Viewed Year 1896

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

A staged scene of a mugging on a London street. The interesting feature here is the hand controlled flashing light street sign used in the backdrop,...

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau :...

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...

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

Alice Guy-Blaché's second film for Gaumont.

Seen but not heard? Three children get up to mischief after their mother puts them to bed in this Victorian entertainment. This was one of numerous...

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.