1896 Movies

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left). Virtually overlooking the falls and surrounded by the swift current not far from the camera is a small island where...

Two babies, sitting next to each other in their chairs, are playing with their toys, but one of them takes a doll from the other, causing the latter to burst into tears.

A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen. Thick volumes of smoke pour from the doors and windows. (Edison catalog)

While trying to get a suitable pose for a constantly moving client, a photographer knocks over his camera and appears to be very unhappy about the incident.

A keeper gives food to two tigers through the bars of the cage.

Workers securing a boiler to the deck of a ship.

The scene depicts the swans in the Parc de la Tête d’Or in Lyon, to whom the keeper is distributing food.

Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Dragoons escorting officers on horseback.

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

The scene depicts famous baths where bathers plunge into the water from a prodigious height, performing somersaults. A very curious effect when you view this scene in reverse.

A Muslim prostrates himself, immediately gets up and repeats this gesture several times.

“The scene depicts the collapse of a section of wall in a factory.” As workers carry away wheelbarrows of rubble, a wall tips over and collapses in a cloud of dust. The workers then return to clear the debris.

A firefighter, at the top of the ladder, sprays the building with his hose; to the right, two other hoses are activated.

A lion in its cage as the keeper passes it food through the bars.

Horse-drawn carriages and omnibuses circulate among the crowd.