1896 Movies

Another ordinary street scene.

A group of schoolboys play in the snow after school, tackling one another and tumbling to the ground in a playful winter melee

Workers leave a factory in Paris, France. This Pathé film was produced in imitation of those of the Brothers Lumière.

Pedestrian, car and tram traffic on the avenue.

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.

One of the many performances of the Serpentine Dance that was recorded on film, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin and starring Miss Esbrard

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs away. Another child is fascinated by the camera and stares at it throughout, even when encouraged by one of the me...

The 1896 film Défilé du 38e régiment du génie à Madrid (Parade of the 38th Regiment of Engineers in Madrid) is a historical French documentary film that shows Spanish military engineers departing from the Príncipe Pío barracks in Madrid to embark at Cádiz for...

Short film from 1896.

"Shows papa walking the floor with a crying baby in his arms. An exceedingly laughable subject."

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days, and developed later into slapstick comedy.” 35mm subject printed twice on reel - MoMA

Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy

Children diving into the river.

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

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the century.

An interesting view of the Thames River at Henley, during one of the annual boat races.

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

A bullfight in Mexico.