Most Viewed Year 1896 - 5

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.

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...

From the BFI Collection, this film is actually two films spliced together into one. The first is Birt Acres' work 'A Corner of Barnet Fair' which is...

A cockfight.

Mexicans lassoing a horse.

A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.

"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers

A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.

A short clip from the Lumière Brothers.

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.