The best movies 1896 Pagina 19

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

A parade of horsemen, accompanied by a few onlookers.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre...

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't...

From the BFI Collection, this film is actually two films spliced together into one. The first is Birt Acres' work 'A Corner of Barnet Fair' which is...

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A servant persuades a cellist to play and his errant wife returns.

Boules game in Lyon

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from...

A woman dances - preserved in flipbook form.

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

Black people are cleaning and washing the floor.

A drunkard fooling around. Serious damage marks.

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

Young people are having a sack race between two rows of spectators who are greatly amused by the falls and various adventures of this amusing contest.