An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

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

Soldiers dancing.

New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge

Dragon Parade, then passage of several carriages.

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left)....

Short from (1897)

A fixed camera gets images of traffic and passers-by in Vienna's chic thoroughfare, popularly known as Ringstrasse (The Ring), at a junction with...

Short of the Tuileries.

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

Firefighters at the scene lay out hoses and prepare to fight a blaze.

Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susquehanna River. The train is seen rapidly...

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...

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee...

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

Sandow and Peerless Annabelle were the first performers filmed by the new American Mutoscope Co. Annabelle reprised her Butterfly Dance and several...

Hand-color. Silent. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/301943

Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896. At a fair...

Street scene in Berlin.

Street scene in Berlin.

A Lumière street scene of Paris showing the traffic of horse carriages.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.

In a sunny open air setting with a background of high, deep foliage trees, and a white-walled storeyed house, an acrobat with light shirt and...

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

Another ordinary street scene.

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed by Birt Acres, featuring a fleet of...

A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, and knockout.

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