The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

A parade of horse-drawn carriages escorted by riders and a crowd of journalists.

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

“These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the founding of the Kingdom of...

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Reception of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany in Frankfurt am Main.

A look at the waterfalls of the Passaic River in the northern New Jersey city of Passaic.

Exiting through various gates of the cathedral, people descend the stairs and scatter across the square.

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

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