1896 Movies

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a van drawn by a black horse.

Two women and a man come aboard a small boat. On the dock, friends and family are waving goodbye, until the boat moves out of focus.

Vehicles are circulating on the Champs-Élysées, and some pedestrians are trying to cross.

Panorama of boats moored in the basin.

Women hauling coke in wheelbarrows.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

Children play near a pile of sand under the watchful eye of a woman while passers-by, cabs and carriages parade along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Young people are having a sack race between two rows of spectators who are greatly amused by the falls and various adventures of this amusing contest.

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend interest to the scene.

Pedestrian, omnibus, cart and carriage traffic on the port.

The fire engines arrived at the scene of the fire and the firefighters immediately took steps to fight the blaze.

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

Soldiers, alone or in pairs, dance a jota.

Panorama of the flooded countryside.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, while Dickson and Bitzer were filming McKinley and the Empire State Express.

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.