The best movies 1896 Pagina 3

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

Lyon, Tête d'Or Park: the warden feeds swans.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Beligneux, La Valbonne camp: the cuirassiers mount their horses and then march in formation.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

In a garden, four elephants and then two donkeys led by the keepers give rides to visitors followed by pedestrians and riders.

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

Children drag their nets on the beach at low tide: the girls, with their skirts raised, compete enthusiastically with the boys in this exercise.

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary....

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

The crowd gathered along the fence wave their hats at the passing riders, before slowly starting to clear.

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

Coach W. Hickenbotham takes "Newhaven" out of his box and places the horse at the center of the paddock. Gardiner, the jockey, saddles up the horse,...

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.