The best movies 1896 Pagina 5

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

Dragoons walk along the buildings then jump over a low wall.

A parade of horsemen followed by carriages in which were the Russian sovereigns Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure.

This short Lumière actuality captures Prince Napoléon of Russia dancing with a stage showgirl, his chosen “dame.” A curious...

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic on the bridge.

Workers securing a boiler to the deck of a ship.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic in a square.

The cuirassiers mount their horses and parade in ranks.

“These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the founding of the Kingdom of...

The veil covering the statue of William I falls away. The crowd stirs, men uncover themselves, and some of the horsemen move.

Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular...

Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial...

Mexicans doing a rodeo.

Using a wide-brimmed hat, Félicien Trewey caricatures several personalities and different types of characters: Bruant, Edward III of England,...

Donkeys descend a footbridge while pedestrians, a cart and a van pass by.

Queen Victoria and family experience the new 'cinematograph process'.

In a field, three men are driving a team of cows and oxen and plowing with a ridger, while further on, a woman and children are breaking up clods of...

A parade of carriages escorted by armored horsemen in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

A firefighter, at the top of the ladder, sprays the building with his hose; to the right, two other hoses are activated.