1896 Movies

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Mexicans doing a rodeo.

A crowd leaves the cinema and disperses into the street while cabs circulate or park.

Dragoons, riding bareback on their horses, wade into a river and reach the other side.

A regiment of cuirassiers charges and stops in the foreground.

In a field, three men are driving a team of cows and oxen and plowing with a ridger, while further on, a woman and children are breaking up clods of earth. A flock of sheep follows the team.

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

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

A parade of carriages escorted by armored horsemen in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Soldiers in line approach the cooks; once their mess tins are filled, they disperse into the courtyard.

A crowd of sellers and buyers throngs around the baskets where the fish are stored while two children fish.

Upon the announcement of a fire, two steam pumps leave the fire station and cross the street at high speed; the crowd rushes after the pumps.

Passage of the Russian sovereigns Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and the President of the Republic Félix Faure followed by their entourages.

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on the square.

Two babies, sitting next to each other in their chairs, are playing with their toys, but one of them takes a doll from the other, causing the latter to burst into tears.

Rip Van Winkle drinks with mysterious mountain men.

Shot of Venice from the Canal.