Street scene shot from a balloon.

After driving the Filipinos out of the trenches our troops, after firing one or two volleys, press forward…

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The rolling movement of…

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson’s Squadron…

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture.” (Edison…

“This is a replica of the famous duel with rapiers between Emile Zola, the novelist, and Henri Rochefort, the statesman. The duel takes place on the identical ground where the…

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A street scene with a government building in the background.

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests entering a carriage, parade of troops and carriages, Nicholas II and…

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy’s river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each riding his horse as it swims across toward…

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.

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 background to provide accompaniment.

Two dancers perform in succession facing a stationary camera. The first is in a diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended. She smiles, wearing butterfly wings on…

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

Chickens are scared of a torpedo.