All Films

Moscow, Tverskaia Street

1896 • 1 min • France

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Budapest : cortège du sceptre royal

1896 • 1 min • Hungary

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary. Horsemen and men on foot parade, all dressed in historic uniforms.

Abattage d'un arbre

1896 • 1 min • France

Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.

Leçon de bicyclette

1896 • 1 min • France

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

Women Fighting

1896 • 1 min • France

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

Lancement d'un navire

1896 • 1 min • France

At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.

Combat de coqs

1896 • 1 min

A cockfight.

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

1896 • 1 min

The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.

Jeux d'enfants dans une rue

1896 • 1 min • France

Alexanderplatz in Berlin

1896 • 1 min • Germany

Filmed in 1896, this actuality captures everyday life at Alexanderplatz, one of Berlin’s central squares. The camera records crowds of pedestrians crossing the square, streetcars passing through, and horse-drawn vehicles navigating the busy traffic. The film presents a vivid snapshot of Berlin’s modern urban rhythm at the close of the 19th century.

Scaphandrier

1896 • 1 min • France

A man in a diving suit emerges.

Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin [Moscow]

1896 • 1 min • France

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

Hyde Park Corner

1896 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital (today the Lanesborough Hotel) can be seen on the right of the picture. The road stretching away in the centre of the picture is Grosvenor Crescent. The busy two way horsedrawn traffic movement is seen on what would today be Grosvenor Place and Apsley Way (the road layout now is different to 1896). The approximate camera position would be today on Apsley Way, just east of the Royal Artillery Memorial. Not to be confused with another Hyde Park Corner film by British Pathé made in the same year but with a different view. (That film looks north towards the triumphal arch at the corner of Hyde Park next to Apsley House.)

Bassin des Tuileries

1896 • 1 min • France

Short of the Tuileries.

Stockton Races

1896 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Made in 1896 during the flat racing season (March-October) at Stockton Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, UK. Several horses are ridden by jockeys past the camera. Many men in flat caps from the crowd run onto the course and run past the camera at the end of the race. Two policemen follow the men.

Demolition of a Wall, I

1896 • 1 min

The first of two Lumiere wall demo films. As workers carry wheelbarrows full of rubble away, a wall tips over and collapses in a cloud of dust. The workers then return to clear away the debris.

Children's Ball

1896 • 1 min • France

A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls simultaneously, while all five pairs rotate in a circular sequence. They often stop their circular rotation so that each pair can perform the same manoeuvre as the other four simultaneously.

Récréation à la Martinière

1896 • 1 min • France

Students in Lyon.

Evian: Embarquement

1896 • 1 min • France

People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.

Baby's First Steps

1896 • 1 min • France

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away and calls her name, to demonstrate that her baby can walk.

Melbourne, les courses : sorties des chevaux

1896 • 1 min • France

Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.

Danse du papillon

1896 • 1 min • France

Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)

1896 • 1 min • France

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A Watermelon Feast

1896 • 1 min

An African American family eats watermelons.