1896 Movies

In a medium long shot, we see a view of the Seine, with some logs floating. Perhaps they are rubbish. Swimmers enter from the right, get as far as the logs and turn back.

Parade by military cyclists.

One of the many performances of the Serpentine Dance that was recorded on film, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin and starring Miss Esbrard

A tram passes by a couple of times.

Lumiere panorama shot.

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.

This was one of a number of films made to exploit the filmic possibilities of flowing water in the wake of the popular appeal of Rough Sea at Dover.

Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy

Short film from 1896.

A bullfight in Mexico.

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

The short film Une allée du bois de Vincennes from 23 June 1896 (France)

"Shows papa walking the floor with a crying baby in his arms. An exceedingly laughable subject."

On a makeshift stage three pairs face-to-face in peasant clothes are dancing Minho's traditional step dance. The clothes are more close to Santarém folklore than the northern province of Minho.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Workers leave a factory in Paris, France. This Pathé film was produced in imitation of those of the Brothers Lumière.

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days, and developed later into slapstick comedy.” 35mm subject printed twice on reel - MoMA

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the century.