Most Viewed Year 1895

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as...

Genre: History

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Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

Genre: Documentary

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A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: François Clerc

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...

Genre: History

Cast: Mrs. Robert L. Thomas

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...

Genre: Documentary

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In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Annabelle Moore

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...

Genre: Documentary

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

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Cast: Ploetz

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...

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Cast: Princess Ali

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Grunato

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Auguste Lumière

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Auguste Lumière

In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marguerite Lumière

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...

Genre: Documentary

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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.

Genre: Crime

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The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Edna Leigh

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ploetz

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

Genre: Comedy

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A Senegalese woman carries a child on her back at the Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.

Genre: Documentary

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The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David...

Genre: Comedy

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