The best movies 1895

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal...

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a...

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...

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...

A dad feeds his lunch to a baby.

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the...

Pedestrian and various vehicle traffic along this square.

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

Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

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

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

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

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...

A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with her bare hands.

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost...

In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a...

Directed by W.K.L Dickson.

Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.

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

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.

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