1896 Movies

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where h...

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscrip...

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 perfor...

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan stage.

Short from (1896)

From the BFI Collection, this film is actually two films spliced together into one. The first is Birt Acres' work 'A Corner of Barnet Fair' which is t...

Carmaux is in south-central France, near the Tarn River. As a brick of coke, about four feet high and three feet wide, is gradually pushed out of a sm...

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

Teasing tigers with meat.

Five black and white minstrels dancing and playing musical instruments in Rupert Street, London.

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by horseme...

A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.