Most Viewed Year 1896 - 5

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

Herding cows

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...

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

Teasing tigers with meat.

A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan stage.

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Working men and women leave the Lumière factory, through the main gate. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the second remake...

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

Short from (1897)

A steamboat coming to port.

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville...