Most Viewed Year 1896 - 5

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

The camera shows a view of the American Falls and Goat Island.

Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.

This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial...

Starting for the Fire (1896), directed by James H. White for the Edison Manufacturing Company, was filmed on location in Newark, New Jersey. The...

A look at the waterfalls of the Passaic River in the northern New Jersey city of Passaic.

“This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene is remarkable for its natural effect. The opening of...

Filmed in Stuttgart in 1896, this Lumière actuality shows cavalrymen of the 26th Dragoons regiment leaping their horses over a low obstacle...

Pelicans move

Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they...