Most Viewed Year 1896

"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

A staged scene of a mugging on a London street. The interesting feature here is the hand controlled flashing light street sign used in the backdrop,...

Teasing tigers with meat.

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

Pelicans move

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...

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the...

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

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...