1896 Movies

Upon the train's arrival at the station, employees and passengers appear on the platform.

A train arrives at Bel Air Station in Paris, France.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial processio...

Children drag their nets on the beach at low tide: the girls, with their skirts raised, compete enthusiastically with the boys in this exercise.

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

Two girls feed grain to chickens.

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

A regiment marches past behind its officer and musicians.

A fishing boat approaches; a man throws his net and, as he pulls it up, the boat gently bumps against a dike.

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

A mother takes her baby for a walk in a small stroller, then puts it on the ground and moves away a little, calling the baby who takes its first steps...

Pedestrian, horse-drawn carriage, cart and omnibus traffic in the square.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

Pedestrian and tram traffic on the square.

Dragoons parade.

Pedestrian, tram and other vehicle traffic on the square.

A man dons different wigs in order to transform himself successively into various characters.

Five men are putting rabbits into a boat.