1896 Movies

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 eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Pop...

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 sticks the rod under his seat and picks up his bottle to take a swig. Behind him creeps a joker who removes the larg...

“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.

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

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

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

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

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

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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 interloping cavaliers.

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

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

East Side Drive, No. 1 (1896) is a brief, silent actual-city documentary directed by James H. White for Edison. Filmed on New York City’s East Side during high society’s “driving hour,” it captures elegant, horse-drawn carriages gliding through the streets in...

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 tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funn...

“These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the founding of the Kingdom of Hungary.” Parade of four carriages.

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

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

Starting for the Fire (1896),directed by James H. White for the Edison Manufacturing Company, was filmed on location in Newark, New Jersey. The short captures the dramatic moment fire engines race into action, with teams of horses “dashing madly by, reeking w...