Most Viewed Year 1896

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 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...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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...

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...

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards...

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

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

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

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

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....

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by...

Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

Short made in Mexico.

Students in Lyon.

In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.