Mest sedda År 1896

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...

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...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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.

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...

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.

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

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....

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...

Students in Lyon.

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

A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already...

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests...

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

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

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.