Most Viewed Year 1896 - 15

This short film – less than two minutes long – captures the arrival of the first train from Cascais to Cais do Sodré.

A short clip from the Lumière Brothers.

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W....

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.

A man in a diving suit emerges.

A royal wedding procession.

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

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Made in 1896 during the flat racing season (March-October) at Stockton Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire,...