Most Viewed Year 1896 - 5

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

The first of two Lumiere wall demo films. As workers carry wheelbarrows full of rubble away, a wall tips over and collapses in a cloud of dust. The...

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

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...

19th century carnival ride.

Passengers descend from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.

A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.

Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular...

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)