The best movies 1896

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

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left)....

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

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

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

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

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau :...

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

19th century carnival ride.

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...

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...

Turcos regiment parade.

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

A Berlin street scene.

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

Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

A street scene from Spain.

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

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