Most Viewed Year 1896 - 19

Arrival of a railway train.

A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

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

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 large pool in Milan has diving boards set at different heights. As some people watch from along the pool's edge, others enjoy themselves by diving...

This is a typical Irish argument in which a can of beer, clay pipes and two sons of Erin form the principal parts.

Persimmon winning the 1896 Epsom Derby. Not to be confused with 'The Derby 1985' from the same director.

Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing...

Short made in Mexico.

Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by...

Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the...

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.