1896 Movies

A short clip of United States military on horses

The Tsar travels to Paris.

A street scene with a government building in the background.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary,...

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

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Men walk by as a dog lays about. Just out of view, a crippled man is begging for money.

A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

Jumping the Blanket.

Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.

Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII blesses the viewers and makes a trip on his coach.

Another street scene from the Lumiere company

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

Dragons escorting officers on horseback.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.