Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince...

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. ...

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water...

A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or...

La Maison en Petits Cubes tells the story of a grandfather's memories as he adds more blocks to his house to stem the flooding waters.

“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both...

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.