Most Viewed Year 1896 - 24

Slavic dance routine by Les Sœurs Rappo

Short film from 1896.

Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896. At a fair...

The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.

Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Children diving into the river.

A tram passes by a couple of times.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

A train pulls into the station, and the crowd of travelers invades the dock.

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

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

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the...

A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed by Birt Acres, featuring a fleet of...

Street scenes released by Gaumont and filmed on equipment made by Georges Demenÿ. (On view at BFI Mediatheque).

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...