ډیر لیدل شوی کال 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

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 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...

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

The first travelling shot.

A young woman takes off several layers of clothing.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

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

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...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

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....

Based on a real event that occurred between two deputies, in Chapultepec Park.

A dramatic dance, filmed by Paul Nadar in 1898. Preserved by Langlois' Cinematheque.

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.

Two unidentified actresses on stage; one of them plays a male character dressed in a 16th-century costume, who is delighted by the dance of a...

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground,...

Alice Guy-Blaché's third film for Gaumont.