1896
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- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.9/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9MoAQJFn_8 - DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges MélièsWith the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.8/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb16vp1eeYU - DirectorAlexandre PromioThe first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1zjJkfHxGY
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsIn this fantastic scene, a man who is eager to retire has a difficult time finding peace, as his nocturnal illusions come to life out of thin air.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0XnQz_urFQ
- DirectorLouis LumièreA short black and white film which captures the arrival of a train at the Perrache station.7/10
- DirectorCharles MoissonA man and a woman throw food to a flock of pigeons.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAuguste LumièreAuguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
- DirectorCharles MoissonA group of friends in Venice is just completing a trip in a gondola. When the boat stops, they help one another out of it. Some of the passengers have left personal items behind in the gondola, so one man chooses to go back to retrieve them.
- In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and each wagon carries from two to eight firefighters. After the wagons pass, carts and pedestrians resume traffic on the street.
- DirectorLouis LumièreIn 1896, cinema pioneer Louis Lumière decided to register a man doing impressive tricks on his bicycle, closely observed by a curious crowd. Riding it backwards or standing on the top of the bike, sometimes in a clumsy way, other times like a master of this craft, the man seems to be enjoying himself while leaving the passers by truly wanting to know how he manages to perform all those tricks.
- DirectorLouis LumièreA large pool in Milan has diving boards set at different heights. As some people watch from along the pool's edge, others enjoy themselves by diving into the pool, using a variety of different styles.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsAs an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.
- DirectorLouis LumièreA troupe of French mounted cuirassiers charge across a field.
- DirectorLouis LumièreThe floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
- Panorama of the quay and boats moored in the basin.
- DirectorAlexandre PromioA short film of streetcars driving through Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York.5/10
- A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's River Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each riding his horse as it swims across toward camp or leading it by the bridle as they swim. The men are shirtless. When they reach the middle of the river, seven more shirtless young men, each with a horse, start the crossing. Most begin astride their mount, but end up swimming alongside. Across the river, men stand in front of a large tent to watch and talk. Three officers on a makeshift pier talk to each other and ignore the young men's crossing.
- A boat ride takes the passengers down a water chute. The boat is rowed to the dock, and the passengers disembark.
- DirectorLouis LumièreSeveral competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.
- Eight part of the Lumiére brother's series about the carnival in Nice in 1896, depicting a crowded street full of masked people, a reveler with a giant bobble head and an enormous costume of a bird-like creature with a cane.
- During the winter, a train arrives at Aix-les-Bains. Through the window we can see the city covered in snow.
- DirectorCharles Pathé
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- DirectorJames H. WhiteThe camera shows a view of the American Falls and Goat Island.
- DirectorAlexandre Promio
- DirectorMarius SestierEccentric exercises of a skater with roller skates.
- DirectorJames H. White"A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen. Thick volumes of smoke pour from the doors and windows." - from the Edison Catalog
- Five horse-drawn fire-engines are seen leaving a fire station at Lyon followed by a crowd of men and boys.
- DirectorAlexandre PromioA stationary camera is set at a curve in the train tracks, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. From the bridge, a four-car streetcar approaches and turns to he viewer's left. As it passes, a train going toward the bridge passes on the tracks in front. It has four cars as well, with a few passengers aboard. A train engine that is moving backwards follows that train. A man atop a tall ladder works on a light pole.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteStarsBenjamin F. HardestyCharles Lee"Train is first seen rounding a curve nearly a mile away. Approaches at the rate of 70 miles an hour, blowing a warning whistle to a gang of track repairers."
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsKatsutaro InabataKikuko InabataNoriko InabataA baby and its parents eat outdoors.
- DirectorAlexandre Promio
- DirectorBirt Acres
- DirectorLouis LumièreA short film in which a fixed camera documents the traffic on Westminster Bridge.
- DirectorCharles MoissonTraffic of pedestrians and various vehicles at the entrance to a bridge.
- Passage of pedestrians and a tram on the bridge in front of the Maximilianeum.
- DirectorRobert W. PaulMany of the cyclists are women, and wearing skirts. Although women had been riding bicycles since the 1880s, it was only towards the end of the 1890s that they could do so comfortably without wearing trouser-like garments such as bloomers, as the design of early bicycles made riding in skirts impossible. This had been controversial for observers and cyclists alike, the former because they were convinced that women in 'male' outfits or even split skirts were immoral in some way, the latter because wearing such garments suggested a radical political outlook that they might not possess.The side of the road is lined with promenading onlookers, and the pace of the cyclists and pony-traps is gentle and leisurely, suggesting a Sunday outing of some kind.
- In this short documentary a camera placed in the street captures the activity of the city.
- DirectorMax SkladanowskyThis is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the unique outdoor museum Skansen is located.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFélicien TreweyA black in white short film in which a man writes backwards on a board and displays the message.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFélicien TreweyA short black and white film which documents the performance of a juggler.
- DirectorAlexandre PromioA short black and white film from the Lumière Brothers which documents a busy street scene.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsPierre BellingardAndré HonnoratMrs. Auguste LumiereA short black and white film documenting a group of gentleman engaged in lawn bowling.3/10
- DirectorConstant GirelWhile a "barrier guard" opens access to the bridge, the crowd of passers-by crosses.
- DirectorConstant GirelPanorama of the quays, the city and a boat bridge, taken from a moving boat.
- Lumière brothers present in "Départ de cyclistes" ("Departure of Cyclists") a black and white short piece following the starting point of a highly disputed bicycle race with several cycle runners crossing over a famous French avenue. While the countless bicycles and runners come and go from our view, there's also time to notice the observers on each side of the avenue watching the event with a great sense of curiosity.