Most Viewed Year 1896 - 2

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

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

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

Alice Guy-Blaché's second film for Gaumont.

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...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

Alice Guy-Blaché's third film for Gaumont.

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

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from...

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing...

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...

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.

A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne refers to a one-minute film recorded in October 1896 by English film pioneer Robert William Paul. According to...

A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the...

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