Most Viewed Year 1896 - 23

Fire brigade response to an alarm in Berlin.

Street scene in Berlin.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.

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...

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

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

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.

A Japanese veil dance is performed

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

People leaving the factory.

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

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

Pelicans move

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...