1896 Movies

A Japanese veil dance is performed

A view from across the landing at Coney Island as a boat shoots down the track. "Shooting the Chutes" sign can be seen in the background.

Men walk by as a dog lays about. Just out of view, a crippled man is begging for money.

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...

Performance of a ballet - was found among the films collected by Gregorio Antonino María Sagarmínaga

Two boxers from the French city of Joinville have a boxing contest in front of the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

People being fully dressed walking on the beach.

This short film – less than two minutes long – captures the arrival of the first train from Cascais to Cais do Sodré.

Another ordinary street scene.

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.

Arrival of a railway train.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Parade of an engineering regiment.

Skladanowsky Brothers, the inventors of the "Living Photographs"

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

Remake of the Louis Lumière film, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band marches through. Tram tracks are clearly visible and a steam tram goes through the scene, heading towards the camer...

In commercial sales catalogs from the Société L. Gaumont et Cie, this film (cataloged under "Vues animées") is credited to the system of Georges Demenÿ. Like many early Gaumont "views," it was filmed as a demonstration of Demenÿ's 60mm (later 58mm) Chronophoto...

The cuirassiers mount their saddles and gallop off.