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)

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

Turcos regiment parade.

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

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

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

19th century carnival ride.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

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

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

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

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...

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

The crowd gathers, on the lawn, in front of the grandstand.

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...

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

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

A street scene from Spain.

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