1896 Movies

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

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

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's secon...

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

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

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary,...

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

'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests...

Short from 1896.

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the unique ou...

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII blesses the viewers and makes a trip on his coach.

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each ridi...

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man falls...