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Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.
New Blacksmith Shop
Félix Regnault is carried on a palanquin by marching Malagasy men at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
Félix Regnault assis sur un palanquin porté par des malgaches au pas
A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost...
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs
A Senegalese woman carries a weight on her head at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
Femme Ouolofe (Sénégal) en marche avec poids sur sa tête
Oscar de Raoul demonstrates a bendy walk.
Marche en Flexion (Oscar de Raoul)
The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.
Opening of the Kiel Canal
A western short depicting the execution of a horse thief by a group of enraged cowboys. This film is considered to be lost.
A Frontier Scene
On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s...
Wintergartenprogramm
A Senegalese woman carries a child on her back at the Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
Wolof Woman (Senegal) Carrying a Child on Her Back
Presents a barroom, with all the accessories, including a barmaid, who serves a policeman with a glass of beer at the side entrance. Two men are...
New Bar Room
A French squadron leader runs with bent legs.
Course en Flexion (Oscar de Raoul)
An ordinary walk.
Marche Ordinaire
A group of men, identified as "Muslims of Saint-Louis," at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
Démarche de Musulmans de Saint-Louis, Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale à Paris
Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.
Italienischer Bauerntanz
A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and...
The Derby 1895
Short film about the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895
Kanalfeierlichkeiten
Samoan Islanders from Barnum & Bailey's Circus perform a dance.
Dance of Rejoicing
The participants are natives of Ceylon. Their dance is very interesting being so different from Western ideas of harmonies of motion.
Silver Dance
A Black man waling at the Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
Homme Noir, Marche, Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale au Champ-de-Mars à Paris
Short film about the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895. The Emperor arrives at the rail station.
Nordostsee-Canal-Festlichkeiten: Empfang des Kaisers am Dammthorbahnhof
Anonymous performer for Edison Manufacturing Co.
Annabelle Butterfly Dance No. 3
The Nicholas Sisters perform a "split dance" from a Koster & Bial’s Music Hall stage production.
Nicholas Sisters Split Dance