Films and TV Shows from the 1890s

poster Scene on the River Thames
Scene on the River Thames
1mn -
Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.
poster Déchargement d’un navire
Déchargement d’un navire
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.
poster Conjuring
Conjuring
(2.8/5)
1mn -
The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actuality …
poster Boules Game
Boules Game
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
poster The Derby
The Derby
1mn - Documentary
poster Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
1mn - Documentary
The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster Départ en voiture
Départ en voiture
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
poster Loading a Boiler
Loading a Boiler
1mn - Documentary
A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb down from atop the boiler and then remove their ladder. Fo…
poster The Kiss
The Kiss
(2.9/5)
1mn - Drama, Romance
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
poster Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train
Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train
(3.0/5)
1mn - Documentary
A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.
poster Arrival of a Train at Perrache
Arrival of a Train at Perrache
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary
A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.
poster Aquarium
Aquarium
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.
poster Demolition of a Wall
Demolition of a Wall
1mn - Documentary
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…
poster Pont de Westminster
Pont de Westminster
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
View of the Westminster Bridge.
poster Assiettes tournantes
Assiettes tournantes
(2.9/5)
1mn -
Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.
poster Game of Cards
Game of Cards
(2.8/5)
1mn - Comedy, History
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
poster Saut à la couverte
Saut à la couverte
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Jumping the Blanket.
poster Vaulting
Vaulting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
poster The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
(3.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
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 eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-c…