1896 Movies

A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.

A roller skater performs a series of eccentric exercises.

A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.

Working men and women leave the Lumière factory, through the main gate. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the second remake "no hors...

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, wh...

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

A young woman takes off several layers of clothing.

A man in a diving suit emerges.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's company Star Fi...

'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.