The two inventors of the Bioskop, a sort of magic lantern that projected images so fast as to give the illusion of movement, bow to the camera at...

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...

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

Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten...

By Fiji Islanders. A peculiar dance by genuine savages, dressed or rather undressed, in their native garb. The revel takes its name from the paddles...

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

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.

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

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...

The participants are natives of Ceylon. Their dance is very interesting being so different from Western ideas of harmonies of motion.

A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets...

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

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Franciscan Street.

A policeman catches a pickpocket with the assistance of a passing a sailor.

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...

An early Kinora demonstration film.

Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.

A man strolling in a city street is attacked by three assailants. A policeman comes to the rescue and the men struggle with each other.