Cinematic Era: 1896 Vintage

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.

A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.

A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.

A man in a diving suit emerges.

A look at the waterfalls of the Passaic River in the northern New Jersey city of Passaic.

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from above almost in a vertical plunge onto the deep, rocky ground.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make their way back on the running track.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Panorama of boats moored in the basin.

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

This is just at the title suggests. it's the McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton

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

People leaving the factory.

Great Britain: two professionals have a boxing session.

Soldiers sit down and they're served food.

In a medium long shot, we see a view of the Seine, with some logs floating. Perhaps they are rubbish. Swimmers enter from the right, get as far as the logs and turn back.

A dramatic dance, filmed by Paul Nadar in 1898. Preserved by Langlois' Cinematheque.

A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.

Some men are playing a game on the beach, while some ladies with their backs to the cameras watch. A donkey cart ambles by.

Short from (1897)

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.

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

The best-known "name" train of its day behind the most famous of all 4-4-0 locomotives, the 999---synonymous with speed in the early years of the century.

Street scene in Berlin.

This short film – less than two minutes long – captures the arrival of the first train from Cascais to Cais do Sodré.

A tram passes by a couple of times.

A bullfight in Mexico.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A Paris street scene.

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

Another ordinary street scene.

Cyclists and horse riders arriving at the cottage (1896)

A crowd of young children dance around.

Women hauling coke in wheelbarrows.

Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.

Formed by the junction of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 35th Street. The picturesque low roofed Herald building is plainly shown; also the passing crowds and group of idlers.

A large number of workers, mostly young women, leave by the front door of their work place at lunch time. The building has an impressive colonnaded facade, and is located at 181, Santa Catarine St., Porto - one of the city's main streets. A passengers' horse cart crosses from right to left of the screen, and a few seconds after an ox cart carrying merchandise crosses in the opposite direction. All the while, workers keep leaving the factory, giving a sense of a large work force.

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.