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George Albert Smith's remake of Georges Méliès - Le Manoir du diable (The Haunted Castle) from 1896. This film is lost or never...
The Haunted Castle
African men dance, sing and play instruments.
Danse d'hommes
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...
The X-Ray Fiend
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
Boxers in Barrels
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...
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Another parade film from the Lumiere company.
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, la reine
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition
A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Washington, le président McKinley adressant son message au peuple
Descent of the Great Pyramid.
Descent of the Great Pyramid
“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds...
Giant Coal Dumper
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...
The Hallucinated Alchemist
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
Bonne d'enfants et soldat
As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.
La défense du drapeau
A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
After the Ball
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
Bains en mer
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
Between Calais and Dover
A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.
The Pyramids (Overview)
Le goûter des bébés
The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.
Berne : arrivée du roi de Siam
A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône...
Lyon, travaux au canal de Jonage: Machine à damer
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
Washerwomen on the River
[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of...
Bocal aux poissons rouges
Short recording of several parishioners leaving the city's basilica. It is considered the first Spanish film in history.
Exit of the Twelve O'clock Mass of the Pillar of Saragossa
Lost film in which two men discuss in a cafe for the love of a woman. Discussion becomes more heated until they start fist-fighting. Widely...
Cafe Brawl
Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo (English: Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo) is the second Venezuelan film...
Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo
Second part of the film about people exiting the Church of the Pillar.
The Greetings
Filming of the waves in Orzán Beach, Galicia (Spain).
Waves at Orzán
Spanish short film directed by French director Joseph Sellier.
Plaza de Mina y Orzán
Short film where a Spanish coal factory is filmed.
Coal Factory
A bunch of people exit the Church of Saint George.
San Jorge, Exit of the Mass
Arguably the first film to be produced in Galicia (Spain).
Burial of Gral. Sánchez Bregua
Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa (English: A celebrated specialist pulling teeth at the grand Hotel Europa) was...
Gran especialista sacando muelas en el Hotel Europa
The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.
La bandera argentina
Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.
Una cueca en Cavancha