Be zahana indrindra taona 1897

A Japanese family having tea.

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

The hanging of child murderer, William Carr

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along...

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé...

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.