1890s Movies

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

An actuallity film of a fairground carousel in action. Filmmaker unknown but it has been suggested it is R.W. Paul. The film was made on Hampstead...

Two toddlers sit for the camera in their best clothing. One is determined to take toys and objects from the other until the other toddler starts to...

A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large...

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital...

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...

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the...

A group of children are encouraged to play in a park by two men. Some play a skipping game. One of the other children refuses and eventually runs...