The best movies 1896

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 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...

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

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Teasing tigers with meat.

Turcos regiment parade.

A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau :...

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

A lion in its cage as the keeper passes it food through the bars.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

A street scene from Spain.

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.