All Films

New York, patineurs au Parc central

1896 • 1 min

Rollerskating in Central Park.

Tunis: Le Bey et son escorte

1896 • 1 min • France

Short from (1897)

Chicago, Grande Roue

1896 • 1 min • France

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

Boston, Commercial Street

1896 • 1 min

Boston, Commercial Street.

Paris : chasseurs à cheval et spahis de l’escorte

1896 • 1 min • France

Parade of hunters and Spahis.

Paris : général Saussier et son état-major

1896 • 1 min • France

Dragons escorting officers on horseback.

Passengers Descending from the Brooklyn Bridge

1896 • 1 min • France

Passengers descend from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

The Cascade

1896 • 2 min • France

Alger : prière du muezzin

1896 • 1 min • France

A short clip from the Lumière Brothers.

New York, Avenue et Union Square

1896 • 1 min • France

Lumiere street scene.

Panorama of the Grand Canal Taken from a Boat

1896 • 1 min • France

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the earliest traveling shots in cinema. With the camera mounted on a gondola, the film glides along Venice’s Grand Canal, capturing passing gondolas, bustling waterfront activity, and the city’s iconic architecture from a moving perspective. This simple yet groundbreaking technique introduced audiences to a new way of experiencing motion on screen.

Children at Play

1896 • 1 min • France

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

Lutteurs javanais

1896 • 1 min • France

New York: Broadway at Union Square

1896 • 1 min • France

Turcos (défilé)

1896 • 1 min • France

Turcos regiment parade.

Pont sur le Rhin

1896 • 1 min • France

Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.

Rip Meeting the Dwarf

1896 • 1 min

Rip's Toast

1896 • 1 min

Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep

1896 • 1 min

Childish Quarrel

1896 • 1 min • France

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they indulge in hair-pulling.

Panorama pris d'un bateau

1896 • 1 min • France

Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.

Pelicans, London Zoological Garden

1896 • 1 min • France

Pelicans move

Awakening of Rip

1896 • 1 min

Boats in the New York Harbor

1896 • 1 min • France

A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor