The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

The Tsar visits the Russian embassy

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

A crowd leaves the cinema and disperses into the street while cabs circulate or park.

Trunks and crates are loaded onto the steamer “Genève” while the passengers board the deck via a second gangway.

Reception of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany in Frankfurt am Main.

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...

Traffic of pedestrians, trams, horse-drawn carriages and carts at the intersection of two streets.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Pedestrian and tram traffic on the square.

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

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

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.