1896 Movies

A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.

A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan stage.

This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River. The train is seen rapidly approachin...

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.

A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

Two women do a Russian dance

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...

Short from 1896.

A cockfight.

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

People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscrip...

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

A large number of workers, mostly young women, leave by the front door of their work place at lunch time. The building has an impressive colonnaded fa...