All Films

Ateliers de La Ciotat

1896 • 1 min • France

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.

Andalusian Dance

1896 • 1 min • United Kingdom

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

Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché

1896 • 1 min • France

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

1896 • 1 min • France

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

The Bath of Minerva, at Milan, Italy

1896 • 1 min • France

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 into the pool, using a variety of different styles.

Défilé de jeunes filles au lycée

1896 • 1 min • France

Workers Exit from the Confiança Shirt Factory

1896 • 1 min • Portugal

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 facade, and is located at 181, Santa Catarine St., Porto - one of the city's main streets. A passengers' horse cart crosses from right to left of the screen, and a few seconds after an ox cart carrying merchandise crosses in the opposite direction. All the while, workers keep leaving the factory, giving a sense of a large work force.

Carmaux, Loading the Coke

1896 • 1 min • France

Women hauling coke in wheelbarrows.

Arc de Triomphe

1896 • 1 min • France

A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.

Levée de filets de pêche

1896 • 1 min • France

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.

Départ de cyclistes

1896 • 1 min • France

At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.

Repas des chats

1896 • 1 min • France

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

A Heavy Sea

1896 • 1 min • France

The rough sea crashing upon rocks.

Place de l'Opéra

1896 • 1 min • France

A Paris street scene.

Radeau avec baigneurs

1896 • 1 min • France

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

Le forum

1896 • 1 min

Lumiere short

Saut à la couverte

1896 • 1 min • France

Jumping the Blanket.

Francfort: réception de Guillaume II

1896 • 1 min

Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.

Admiral Sallandrouze and General Tournier

1896 • 1 min

Empire State Express

1896 • 1 min • United States of America

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 century.

Jeu du pot-cassé

1896 • 1 min

Short film from 1896.

Bains sur le Rhône

1896 • 1 min

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

Snowball Fight

1896 • 1 min • France

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

Danses slaves

1896 • 1 min • France

Slavic dance routine by Les Sœurs Rappo