1896 Movies

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend...

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20...

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A roller skater performs a series of eccentric exercises.

Porters bring goods into a warehouse.

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

Passage of three carriages, escorted by lackeys and soldiers.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, re...

The camera shows a water ride at Bergen Beach at Coney Island. A raised track filled with water forms a chute, and a small boat full of park visitors...

A large wedding procession.

Another street scene from the Lumiere company

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb down...

The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around a...

A man in a diving suit emerges.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

View of the Westminster Bridge.

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

Children dig for clams on the beach