Most Viewed Year 1896 - 13

A crowd of young children dance around.

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...

Lumiere short

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

Two women perform a choreographed 'Russian' dance routine.

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.

A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't...

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

Short from (1896)

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.