Most Viewed Year 1896 - 25

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

Short film from 1896.

On a makeshift stage three pairs face-to-face in peasant clothes are dancing Minho's traditional step dance. The clothes are more close to...

Children diving into the river.

A tram passes by a couple of times.

Lumiere panorama shot.

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

The camera sails off, giving us a view of the port from the water.

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.

A view from across the landing at Coney Island as a boat shoots down the track. "Shooting the Chutes" sign can be seen in the background.

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.

In a medium long shot, we see a view of the Seine, with some logs floating. Perhaps they are rubbish. Swimmers enter from the right, get as far as...

“Film could do more than record and recreate; it could invent new stories. Comic incidents like this were improvised from the earliest days,...

A Lumière street scene of Paris showing the traffic of horse carriages.