The best movies 1896 Pagina 7

A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.

Slavic dance routine by Les Sœurs Rappo

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Queen Victoria and family experience the new 'cinematograph process'.

"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog

A procession of men and women in different groups, some of whom are carrying banners.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

Beligneux, La Valbonne camp: the cuirassiers mount their horses and then march in formation.

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.

Brooklyn, Fulton Street

People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.

A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.