The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

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

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

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

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

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing...

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

A parade of horse-drawn carriages escorted by riders and a crowd of journalists.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Reception of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany in Frankfurt am Main.

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...

Traffic of pedestrians, trams, horse-drawn carriages and carts at the intersection of two streets.

While an assistant tends the embers in the hearth, a farrier prepares the horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

Exiting through various gates of the cathedral, people descend the stairs and scatter across the square.

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.