Most Viewed Year 1896 - 2

Five black and white minstrels dancing and playing musical instruments in Rupert Street, London.

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards...

The rough sea crashing upon rocks.

An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large...

Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.

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,...

Matadors exiting carriages in Madrid.

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 burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen. Thick volumes of smoke pour...

New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

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

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 trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.