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The Bad Boy and the Gardener

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until sh…

The Boxing Kangaroo

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, prod…

The Broken Melody

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

The Burning Stable

A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from…

The Derby

The Kiss

The Kiss es una película de 2003 protagonizada por Francoise Surel, Eliza Dushku, Terence…

The Morning Alarm

“This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene…

The Soldier's Courtship

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

The Tramp and the Dog

The Tramp and the Dog (1896) se cree que es la primera producción comercial del pionero de…

Tramway à vapeur et passagers

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass tha…

Trilby and Little Billee

Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake,…

Two AM; or, The Husband's Return

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

Umberto and Margherita of Savoy Strolling Through the Park

The royal family of Italy go for a walk in the park.

Une allée du bois de Vincennes

The short film Une allée du bois de Vincennes from 23 June 1896 (France)

Vienna Street Scene

Street scenes released by Gaumont and filmed on equipment made by Georges Demenÿ. (On view…

Vienna Street Scenes

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

View on Boulevard, New York City

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the…

Voyage dans un train

A train ride with a view from the back of the train.

Wash Day Trouble

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents…

Watermelon Contest

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

Waves Breaking

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

Why Papa Cannot Sleep

"Shows papa walking the floor with a crying baby in his arms. An exceedingly laughable sub…

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent doc…

99e régiment d'infanterie : assaut du portique

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

A Bowery Cafe

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is…

A Multicycle Race

At the Charles River Speedway in Allston (Boston Massachusetts), cyclists on six-man bikes…

Admiral Cigarette

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, D…

Alexandria Consulate

The first film shot in Egypt.

Ambulance at the Accident

The victim is lying on a trolley car fender. Ambulance drives up and the injured man is re…

Ambulance Call

"Stable door opens and ambulance dashes out into the street. Policeman holds back a furnit…

Arab Knife Grinder at Work

Short released in 1897.

Armour's Electric Trolley

At the Armour & Co. Chicago yard. Two railroad tracks dominate the center and right half o…

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy…

At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge

Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1897.

Atlantic City Fire Department

This picture is very notable from the fact that at the end of the scene, after the run-by…

Baigneurs et plongeurs

It's a public pool, where some men stand by the pool, some dive into it, and other simply…

Bath Scene

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying thems…

Belfast, Pompiers : Alerte

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart

Two carts, one with a boat on it, are being pushed out of a garage.

Bois de Boulogne

El Bois de Boulogne (también conocido en español como Bosque de Boulogne y Bosque de Bolon…

Bowery Waltz

A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's we…

Boxing for Points

Men on field. Boxing. Both wear numbers on back. Large round-hose swings. Several men appa…

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary ca…

Buffalo Police on Parade

A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, wit…

Buffalo Stockyards

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and rid…

Butterfly Dance

"As performed by Annabelle, the famous premier danseuse. A charmingly graceful representat…

Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's

Capsize of Lifeboat

Daily practice of life boat crew, showing boat being upset purposely by the men. As these…

Cattle Driven to Slaughter

In the Chicago stockyards, the gates of a pen of long-horn cattle are open and the cattle…

Changing Guard (Berlin)

Military in Germany.

Charity Ball

A Victorian couple dancing.

Chicken Thieves

The hen house occupies the entire left foreground of the picture, running back to the near…

Cirque Miniature

Restored in 2015 in 4K by Cinémathèque française with the support of CNC – Archives França…

Comic Face

An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Fin…

Comic Shaving

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

La historia de Nueva York entre 1855 y 1897 comenzó con la toma de posesión en 1855 de Fer…

Crawford Shoe Store

Crawford's had a store in Madison Square, New York. The horse-drawn buses were typical and…