Most Viewed Year 1896 - 20

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

19th century carnival ride.

A staged scene of a mugging on a London street. The interesting feature here is the hand controlled flashing light street sign used in the backdrop,...

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

The crowd gathered along the fence wave their hats at the passing riders, before slowly starting to clear.

Men walk by as a dog lays about. Just out of view, a crippled man is begging for money.

A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

Another ordinary street scene.

This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River. The train is seen rapidly...

Possibly the oldest surviving film shot in Spain, depicts Spanish dancers frantically doing their thing.

A look at a public square in Paris.

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

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

"A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.