Most Viewed Year 1896 - 24

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band...

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

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

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the...

A large number of workers, mostly young women, leave by the front door of their work place at lunch time. The building has an impressive colonnaded...

Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy

Street scenes released by Gaumont and filmed on equipment made by Georges Demenÿ. (On view at BFI Mediatheque).

Street scene in Berlin.

A bullfight in Mexico.

A train pulls into the station, and the crowd of travelers invades the dock.

Governor Thomas Lord Brassey and his entourage walk past, under the watchful eye of the police and the cheers of the crowd.

People being fully dressed walking on the beach.

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee...

An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

People leaving the factory.

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