Okubukwe Kakhulu Unyaka 1895

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as...

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage.

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to...

Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump...

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...

A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David...

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal...

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.

A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and...