1896 Movies

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

Fire brigade turnout in Berlin.

Lumiere street scene.

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed by Birt Acres, featuring a fleet of...

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

In a sunny open air setting with a background of high, deep foliage trees, and a white-walled storeyed house, an acrobat with light shirt and trousers...

Teasing tigers with meat.

A Lumière Brothers film showing a street scene in Budapest.

Short about parading troops in Mexico.

Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't get...

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

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

Street scene in Berlin.

A train arrives at the station.

Campinos on horseback drive small herds of cattle through the vast area of the traditional fair, before prospective buyers.

Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.