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https://image.tmdb.org/t…0rvuRWrroLUQ.jpg	Man Walking Around a Corner	159,897	1887-08-18	1,887	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "walking", "man", "black and white", "silent film", "short film", "leeds" ]	1	[ "Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince" ]	[]	[]	xx	The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 (16-lens camera) is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds (UK) at that time, sent these images to his wife in New York City in a letter dated 18 August 1887.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/159897
https://image.tmdb.org/t…sydku6Qsceix.jpg	Fantascope - The Stereoscopic Phenakistoscope 1852	1,722,613	1888-03-08	1,888	[]	[]	1	[ "Louis Jules Duboscq" ]	[]	[]	en	Early short by Louis Jules Duboscq showing the operation of the Fantascope or stereoscopic Phenakistoscope, one of the first devices combining moving images and a 3D effect.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1722613
https://image.tmdb.org/t…jI8W96IxZEeP.jpg	Passage of Venus	315,946	1874-12-09	1,874	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "astronomy", "venus the planet", "19th century", "science and technology" ]	1	[ "P.J.C. Janssen", "Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior" ]	[]	[]	fr	Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human inte...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/315946
https://image.tmdb.org/t…oMBvfz8Awwkw.jpg	Roundhay Garden Scene	16,463	1888-10-14	1,888	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "walking", "hat", "garden", "historical", "short film" ]	1	[ "Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince" ]	[]	[ "Adolphe Le Prince", "Joseph Whitley", "Sarah Whitley", "Annie Hartley" ]	en	The earliest surviving motion-picture film, and believed to be one of the very first moving images ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken on paper-based photographic film in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, ...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16463
https://image.tmdb.org/t…4bYduN59HTW2.jpg	Accordion Player	96,882	1888-10-14	1,888	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "musician", "accordion", "black and white", "silent film" ]	1	[ "Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince" ]	[]	[ "Adolphe Le Prince" ]	fr	The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Adolphe's grandfather.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/96882
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ecyG9jimzpEO.jpg	The Sprinkler Sprinkled	82,120	1895-06-10	1,895	[ "Comedy" ]	[ "slapstick comedy", "prank", "spanking", "gardener", "prankster", "short film" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[ "François Clerc", "Benoît Duval" ]	fr	A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The g...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/82120
https://image.tmdb.org/t…6w3LkF4xjFVH.jpg	The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon	208,234	1895-06-12	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "congress", "photography", "black and white", "silent film", "lyon france", "short film" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[ "Auguste Lumière", "P.J.C. Janssen" ]	fr	Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/208234
https://image.tmdb.org/t…2ObHyGxeAEdx.jpg	Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II	1,313,550	1895-06-20	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "drawing", "art", "stage performance", "19th century", "fragment", "caricature", "1890s", "lightning sketch" ]	1	[ "Birt Acres" ]	[]	[ "Tom Merry (William Mechem)" ]	en	A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing a large profile caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The loss of the rest of the film has bequeathed us 6 seconds that are of Mechem standing next to the completed portrait a...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1313550
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ozxJouy4ZASK.jpg	The Arrest of a Pickpocket	208,463	1895-05-18	1,895	[]	[]	1	[ "Birt Acres" ]	[]	[]	en	A policeman catches a pickpocket with the assistance of a passing a sailor.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/208463
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ejgPQZ4Q044I.jpg	Monkeyshines, No. 2	33,315	1890-11-21	1,890	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "G. Sacco Albanese" ]	en	Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion picture camera.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/33315
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ThBezmjijGOA.jpg	Opening of the Kiel Canal	407,224	1895-06-19	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "short film" ]	1	[ "Birt Acres" ]	[]	[]	en	The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/407224
https://image.tmdb.org/t…DJisalti9Nvu.jpg	Monkeyshines, No. 1	32,571	1890-11-21	1,890	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "G. Sacco Albanese" ]	en	Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standing in one place making large gestures and is only a few seconds long.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/32571
https://image.tmdb.org/t…bnMcQu67unNo.jpg	London's Trafalgar Square	33,316	1890-01-01	1,890	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "london, england", "road traffic", "trafalgar square, london" ]	1	[ "William Carr Crofts", "Woodsworth Donisthorpe" ]	[]	[]	xx	Moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square traffic, filmed with a kinesigraph.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/33316
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ZSRTeqFZEpzU.jpg	Saut périlleux	1,759,759	1891-01-01	1,891	[]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	fr	An man performs a backflip.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1759759
https://image.tmdb.org/t…mWZACDPtIWi9.jpg	Promenaders by the Serpentine in Hyde Park	1,726,330	1889-12-30	1,889	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William Friese-Greene" ]	[]	[]	en	Promenaders by the Serpentine in Hyde Park is a surviving fragment of an early motion picture filmed by William Friese-Greene at the turn of 1889/1890. It depicts pedestrians strolling along the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park, capturing an ordinary moment of everyday life during the formative years of cinema. Only 2...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1726330
https://image.tmdb.org/t…RxA7l8Pq0SrU.jpg	Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea	355,846	1890-01-01	1,890	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "london, england", "19th century" ]	1	[ "William Friese-Greene" ]	[]	[]	xx	Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/355846
https://image.tmdb.org/t…Hnph0ky1hZAd.jpg	Monkeyshines, No. 3	33,317	1890-11-21	1,890	[]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "G. Sacco Albanese" ]	en	Experimental film that follows up on the results of "Monkeyshines, No. 1" and "Monkeyshines, No. 2". Once again, an Edison company worker moves around in front of the motion picture camera. Lost film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/33317
https://image.tmdb.org/t…oLDiABNrOUPa.jpg	Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses	32,406	1889-01-14	1,889	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William Friese-Greene" ]	[]	[]	en	Alleged silent black-and-white short film shot at Apsley Gate, Hyde Park, London. It was claimed to be the first motion picture until pre-dating footage shot by Louis Le Prince was discovered. It was never publicly shown and is now considered a lost film with no known surviving prints or stills.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/32406
https://image.tmdb.org/t…JWs6VRZs2emn.jpg	Men Boxing	33,318	1891-04-30	1,891	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "sports", "boxer", "silent film", "boxing", "short film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[]	xx	Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/33318
https://image.tmdb.org/t…xQhT1PNoH2HF.jpg	Newark Athlete	104,852	1891-05-01	1,891	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[]	xx	Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/104852
https://image.tmdb.org/t…JywCp3Sv1efO.jpg	Hyde Park Corner	355,764	1889-11-23	1,889	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "19th century" ]	1	[ "William Friese-Greene" ]	[]	[]	xx	Hyde Park Corner (also known as Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses) depicts life at Hyde Park Corner in London. It is claimed to be the first film set in London, as well as the first to be filmed on celluloid. It is currently considered a partially lost film, with only 6 possi...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/355764
https://image.tmdb.org/t…Ypq5KJ7qEpdI.jpg	Saut en hauteur à pieds joints, homme habillé	1,759,742	1892-01-01	1,892	[]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	fr	A man, dressed, performs a high jump.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1759742
https://image.tmdb.org/t…LmA8OfkecMRY.jpg	Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge	16,464	1888-10-15	1,888	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "horse", "bridge", "road traffic", "silent film", "short film" ]	1	[ "Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince" ]	[]	[]	xx	A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16464
https://image.tmdb.org/t…PN0BCi3isFu3.jpg	Japanese Dancers	1,313,445	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "dance", "stage performance", "1890s" ]	1	[]	[]	[ "Sarashe Sisters" ]	en	Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1313445
https://image.tmdb.org/t…HoM1KyC4qZ9v.jpg	Skating-rink in the Royal Baths	722,396	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "poland", "ice skating", "short film" ]	1	[ "Kazimierz Prószyński" ]	[ "Kazimierz Prószyński" ]	[]	xx	The film was about a group of Polish ice skaters at the slide of the Warsaw Ice Skating Society. The film was filmed using a pleograph which was an early type of the movie camera invented by Kazimierz Prószyński.	Motion picture by Kazimierz Prószyński. Warsaw, 1894	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/722396
https://image.tmdb.org/t…TlkfESt8XdHO.jpg	Glenroy Bros., No. 2	356,155	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Comedy" ]	[ "slapstick comedy", "silent film", "boxing" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[]	en	The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/356155
https://image.tmdb.org/t…cwyOyZHQtkkN.jpg	Fred Ott Holding a Bird	1,307,240	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "Fred Ott" ]	en	Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1307240
https://image.tmdb.org/t…qkZBssSuS4tD.jpg	A Good Beer	16,622	1892-10-28	1,892	[ "Animation" ]	[ "19th century", "short film" ]	15	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[]	fr	One of the first animated short films. A wanderer enters a cabaret in the countryside and asks a waitress for a beer. She comes back with a pint, as the wanderer begins to court her. However, the kitchen boy comes, drinks the beer and vanishes. The wanderer, misunderstanding, asks for another beer. Then a traveler ente...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16622
https://image.tmdb.org/t…7UwFKRRDZVHE.jpg	Marche en Flexion (Oscar de Raoul)	1,363,066	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Félix Regnault", "Charles Comte", "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[ "Oscar de Raoul" ]	xx	Oscar de Raoul demonstrates a bendy walk.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1363066
https://image.tmdb.org/t…NXT0poGR7BM3.jpg	Dickson Greeting	33,229	1891-05-20	1,891	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	xx	William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to be shown to public audiences and the press.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/33229
https://image.tmdb.org/t…CLmmGzW6roTM.jpg	Horse Shoeing	355,533	1893-01-01	1,893	[ "Documentary", "Drama" ]	[ "horse", "lost film", "horse shoeing" ]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	xx	One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to drive the nail into the shoe of the horse's hoof, to change his position and every movement needed in the work was clear...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/355533
https://image.tmdb.org/t…upu5ZcOuWPCy.jpg	A Hand Shake	105,157	1892-01-01	1,892	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	xx	William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/105157
https://image.tmdb.org/t…WZR8coTwFNHw.jpg	Main, ouverture et fermeture	1,759,750	1893-01-01	1,893	[]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	fr	A hand opens and closes.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1759750
https://image.tmdb.org/t…QhNmPnlPi34r.jpg	Cancan	1,608,023	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Georges Demenÿ" ]	[]	[]	xx	Early film featuring two dancers by chronophotographer and filmmaker: Georges Demenÿ.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1608023
https://image.tmdb.org/t…dNHe6g9hDc32.jpg	Poor Pierrot	88,013	1892-10-28	1,892	[ "Comedy", "Animation" ]	[ "19th century", "short film" ]	5	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[]	fr	One night, Arlequin comes to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/88013
https://image.tmdb.org/t…rdo4DhfcNnaI.jpg	Fencing	105,153	1892-01-01	1,892	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "sports", "silent film" ]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[]	xx	Early Edison short showing two men fencing.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/105153
https://image.tmdb.org/t…dIOG2BeQO7EM.jpg	The Boxing Kangaroo	189,570	1895-11-01	1,895	[ "Documentary", "Action" ]	[ "animal cruelty", "kangaroo", "boxing" ]	1	[ "Max Skladanowsky" ]	[]	[]	de	A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/189570
https://image.tmdb.org/t…4xqEStUZTXyR.jpg	Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière	1,280,629	1895-12-31	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Louis Lumière", "Auguste Lumière" ]	[]	[ "Alice Guy-Blaché" ]	xx	An early Kinora demonstration film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1280629
https://image.tmdb.org/t…vDAXfxn92zZK.jpg	Dignitaries Coming Down Gangplank	1,383,766	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "ship", "formalness", "docks", "19th century", "1890s", "actuality" ]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't get to see, then cross back again, getting caught in a crowd melée at the top of the stairs from the quayside.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1383766
https://image.tmdb.org/t…xuK7vrUw3Axp.jpg	Horse Trick Riders	127,157	1895-12-28	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	en	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 black uniform, demonstrates how to mount the horse then encourages and tries to assist a man in white. The man in white keeps falling, and soon it's apparent that he's an putt...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127157
https://image.tmdb.org/t…UBaVyr0AX3wR.jpg	Stockton Races	1,438,017	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "horse race", "yorkshire", "1890s", "sport", "actuality" ]	1	[ "George Henderson" ]	[]	[]	en	Made in 1896 during the flat racing season (March-October) at Stockton Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, UK. Several horses are ridden by jockeys past the camera. Many men in flat caps from the crowd run onto the course and run past the camera at the end of the race. Two poli...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1438017
https://image.tmdb.org/t…Xzc0WShdGoUr.jpg	Akrobatisches Potpourri	194,085	1895-11-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "acrobats" ]	1	[ "Max Skladanowsky" ]	[]	[ "Grunato" ]	de	Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/194085
https://image.tmdb.org/t…jf1uNbIUeZ8Y.jpg	Wrestling	355,757	1892-01-01	1,892	[]	[ "wrestling", "short film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[]	en	A lost film, directed by William K.L. Dickson about two men wrestling.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/355757
https://image.tmdb.org/t…z9s7A1K0bKCS.jpg	Cracovienne	1,101,673	1893-01-01	1,893	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "dance", "traditional dancer", "early polish cinema" ]	1	[ "Piotr Lebiedziński" ]	[]	[ "Natalia Kunicka", "Wacław Szymborski" ]	xx	Actors from Warsaw's garden theatres dance a traditional Polish dance, cracovienne.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1101673
https://image.tmdb.org/t…orkfbMa1sKm0.jpg	Marche (jambes seules)	1,759,752	1893-01-01	1,893	[]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	fr	A profile view of legs walking.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1759752
https://image.tmdb.org/t…AqUeF8aMcZV6.jpg	Clown and His Dogs	16,613	1892-10-28	1,892	[ "Animation" ]	[ "clown", "dog", "silent film", "19th century", "circus act", "short film" ]	10	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[ "Émile Reynaud" ]	[]	fr	Short film of 300 individually painted images. A lost film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16613
https://image.tmdb.org/t…LoGfpGFONGPI.jpg	Course en Flexion (Oscar de Raoul)	1,359,934	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Félix Regnault", "Charles Comte", "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[ "Oscar de Raoul" ]	xx	A French squadron leader runs with bent legs.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1359934
https://image.tmdb.org/t…fRajJD3tKFCx.jpg	Wolof Woman (Senegal) Carrying a Child on Her Back	1,366,525	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey", "Félix Regnault" ]	[]	[]	xx	A Senegalese woman carries a child on her back at the Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1366525
https://image.tmdb.org/t…xBKDd7o3rzeU.jpg	Marche Ordinaire	1,363,061	1895-01-01	1,895	[]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	xx	An ordinary walk.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1363061
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ZWv4edKgCkM2.jpg	Lyon, place Bellecour	231,113	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	fr	Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/231113
https://image.tmdb.org/t…5hH2KbEnFRhK.jpg	Homme Noir, Marche, Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale au Champ-de-Mars à Paris	1,366,529	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Félix Regnault", "Charles Comte", "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[]	xx	A Black man waling at the Exposition Ethnographique de l'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1366529
https://image.tmdb.org/t…1bWYvBMmrFsG.jpg	The Boxing Cats	159,898	1894-07-16	1,894	[ "Documentary", "Comedy", "Action" ]	[]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "Henry Welton" ]	xx	"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/159898
https://image.tmdb.org/t…MJpRHoxcpwVu.jpg	Annabelle Butterfly Dance	105,160	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "dance", "silent film", "documentary filmmaking", "edison studios" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise", "James H. White" ]	[]	[ "Annabelle Moore" ]	en	Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/105160
https://image.tmdb.org/t…BPTSgZ5Q2nPu.jpg	Children Playing in the Garden	914,998	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "garden", "child play", "early cinema" ]	1	[ "Kazimierz Prószyński" ]	[ "Kazimierz Prószyński" ]	[]	xx	A group of children is playing in the garden.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/914998
https://image.tmdb.org/t…F5J569G6pE0n.jpg	Chinese Laundry Scene	159,903	1894-04-30	1,894	[ "Crime", "Comedy" ]	[ "silent film", "vaudeville act" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Phil Doreto", "Robetta" ]	xx	The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/159903
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ZDkMX5yg0dFD.jpg	Annabelle Sun Dance	332,353	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "Annabelle Moore" ]	en	Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/332353
https://image.tmdb.org/t…mpuPLng5dm0E.jpg	Miss de Vère - English Jig	791,517	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Georges Méliès" ]	[]	[ "Elise de Vère" ]	xx	A woman dances - preserved in flipbook form.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/791517
https://image.tmdb.org/t…298HOEvn7LJc.jpg	The Barber Shop	152,218	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Drama" ]	[ "silent film", "barbershop" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[]	xx	“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both laugh. Meantime the man in the chair is shaved and has his hair cut. Very funny.” (Edison's Latest Wonders, 1894)	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/152218
https://image.tmdb.org/t…SdLBBAOx2E4B.jpg	The Tramp and the Dog	819,805	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Comedy" ]	[]	1	[ "William Nicholas Selig" ]	[]	[]	en	A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/819805
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ip5MJikBNdeF.jpg	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze	105,158	1894-01-09	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "man", "black and white", "sneezing", "silent film", "early cinema", "short film", "kinetoscope", "historical footage" ]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "Fred Ott" ]	en	A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/105158
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ukiTeL1mONi4.jpg	New Blacksmith Shop	426,905	1895-11-20	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William Heise", "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[]	xx	Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/426905
https://image.tmdb.org/t…nZXReB1YTWVP.jpg	London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade	1,411,962	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary", "Action" ]	[ "london, england", "victorian england", "newcastle, england", "firemen", "street", "theatre", "1890s" ]	2	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	en	The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre on the Strand, advertising its latest show 'My Girl'. The second part is a different film altogether, spliced onto the first and is R W Paul’s Turn Out of a Fire Brigade...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1411962
https://image.tmdb.org/t…4sR2sxNlr5LZ.jpg	Jumping the Blanket	127,773	1895-12-28	1,895	[ "Documentary", "Comedy" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	fr	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 into the blanket.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127773
https://image.tmdb.org/t…cgVdNuYQlDdi.jpg	Arrivée d’un train en gare	1,571,147	1896-01-01	1,896	[]	[]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	xx	“Arrival of a train at Villefranche (Rhône) station.” A train enters the station, travelers get off it while others get in.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1571147
https://image.tmdb.org/t…w6KEpp7aB4k3.jpg	Bradford Town Hall Square	814,843	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	2	[]	[]	[]	xx	The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band marches through. Tram tracks are clearly visible and a steam tram goes through the scene, heading towards the camera before passing to its right. Plenty of male bicyclists can...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/814843
https://image.tmdb.org/t…53eNnJuP9FeC.jpg	Robetta and Doretto, No. 1	194,080	1895-05-16	1,895	[]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[]	xx	Scene represents section of the interior of a Chinese Opium Den.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/194080
https://image.tmdb.org/t…a5LZP0pTRjb0.jpg	Félix Regnault assis sur un palanquin porté par des malgaches au pas	1,367,592	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Félix Regnault", "Étienne-Jules Marey" ]	[]	[ "Félix Regnault" ]	xx	Félix Regnault is carried on a palanquin by marching Malagasy men at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1367592
https://image.tmdb.org/t…rX85SvFez2Hx.jpg	Femme Ouolofe (Sénégal) en marche avec poids sur sa tête	1,367,583	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Étienne-Jules Marey", "Félix Regnault" ]	[]	[]	xx	A Senegalese woman carries a weight on her head at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1367583
https://image.tmdb.org/t…rYZrPvhr7FbV.jpg	Sandow: The Strong Man	186,019	1894-05-18	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "sports", "bodybuilder", "silent film", "strong man", "vaudeville" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Eugen Sandow" ]	xx	Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/186019
https://image.tmdb.org/t…fOMSSA9PwY3s.jpg	Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs	270,714	1895-03-05	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "vaudeville act" ]	1	[ "Birt Acres" ]	[]	[]	en	A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme was identified as being from this film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/270714
https://image.tmdb.org/t…NCUGdLuakrEI.jpg	Annie Oakley	144,393	1894-11-01	1,894	[ "Documentary", "Western" ]	[ "sharpshooter", "wild west" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Annie Oakley" ]	xx	A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee in Ohio in 1860, she rose to global fame performing with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Accompanied (likely) by her husband and fellow marksman Frank Butler, Oakley’s diminutive st...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/144393
https://image.tmdb.org/t…O5z0DZjLIhTH.jpg	Caicedo (with Pole)	186,021	1894-07-25	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "vaudeville", "acrobats" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Juan A. Caicedo" ]	en	King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/186021
https://image.tmdb.org/t…iYn3B1CLUs9y.jpg	Dickson Experimental Sound Film	104,396	1894-08-31	1,894	[ "Music" ]	[ "violin", "black and white", "short film", "music", "sound", "experimental film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "Charles D'Almaine" ]	en	William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/104396
https://image.tmdb.org/t…FWI8gltcPKEX.jpg	James Grundy, Buck and Wing	696,639	1895-01-24	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[ "James Grundy" ]	en	A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/696639
https://image.tmdb.org/t…S4JSaxUTFdQg.jpg	Le maréchal-ferrant	189,578	1895-01-01	1,895	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "short film" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	fr	While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/189578
https://image.tmdb.org/t…oAOOfbAk7OYd.jpg	Bucking Broncho	159,904	1894-10-16	1,894	[ "Documentary", "Western" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Lee Martin", "Frank Hammitt" ]	xx	Lee Martin, one of the cowboy stars in 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West', rides a bronco as a crowd looks on. While the horse is trying to throw Martin off its back, another cowboy stands on top of a fence rail and occasionally fires his six-shooter, to spur on both horse and rider.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/159904
https://image.tmdb.org/t…jn0OiGR65bwt.jpg	Luis Martinetti, Contortionist	189,054	1894-01-01	1,894	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film", "acrobats" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Luis Martinetti" ]	xx	Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/189054
https://image.tmdb.org/t…i9b4LqbLZ6Yb.jpg	Place de la Concorde	1,153,384	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Paul Nadar" ]	[]	[]	xx	A look at a public square in Paris.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1153384
https://image.tmdb.org/t…5ZFpvIspEcO3.jpg	Comic Costume Race	183,263	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Comedy", "Documentary" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	en	Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make their way back on the running track.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/183263
https://image.tmdb.org/t…1YTknIDF5c6c.jpg	Royal Train	183,260	1896-01-01	1,896	[]	[]	1	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	en	null	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/183260
https://image.tmdb.org/t…Xq4sjcZ56CIN.jpg	Vienna Street Scenes	602,016	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/602016
https://image.tmdb.org/t…MEzftRx6BH8C.jpg	Komisches Reck	194,082	1895-11-01	1,895	[ "Comedy", "Documentary" ]	[ "cross dressing", "silent film", "vaudeville", "acrobats" ]	1	[ "Max Skladanowsky" ]	[]	[]	de	Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/194082
https://image.tmdb.org/t…dVjTkuZ9iSYG.jpg	Children playing with skipping rope	1,316,776	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "france", "summer", "park", "19th century", "kids", "1890s", "skipping" ]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	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 away. Another child is fascinated by the camera and stares at it throughout, even when encouraged by one of the men to play. IN the background, traffic passes and pedestrians...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1316776
https://image.tmdb.org/t…RHo1cLfEW2Gq.jpg	Horse Drawn Traffic	1,320,240	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1320240
https://image.tmdb.org/t…E3AvLOSsvGRd.jpg	On Westminster Bridge	183,275	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	en	null	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/183275
https://image.tmdb.org/t…uoMkEys0U93q.jpg	Snowball Fight	764,573	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Italo Pacchioni" ]	[]	[]	it	Early short of a snowball fight in late 19th century Milan, Italy	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/764573
https://image.tmdb.org/t…KL4ggSBkCYbi.jpg	Interrupted Lovers	189,270	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Romance", "Comedy" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "James H. White" ]	[]	[]	en	“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/189270
https://image.tmdb.org/t…mREN7awD8wTW.jpg	Alexanderplatz in Berlin	510,644	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Max Skladanowsky" ]	[]	[]	de	Filmed in 1896, this actuality captures everyday life at Alexanderplatz, one of Berlin’s central squares. The camera records crowds of pedestrians crossing the square, streetcars passing through, and horse-drawn vehicles navigating the busy traffic. The film presents a vivid snapshot of Berlin’s modern urban rhythm at ...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/510644
https://image.tmdb.org/t…nmQBSOHDkJgg.jpg	Bicycling Group	1,338,777	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "feminism", "bicycle", "leisure", "19th century", "transport", "1890s" ]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1338777
https://image.tmdb.org/t…Jd7CNT0LzoWV.jpg	Hyde Park Bicycling Scene	181,376	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "bicycle" ]	1	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	en	null	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/181376
https://image.tmdb.org/t…ww3i6DlYQTVk.jpg	Blacksmithing Scene	16,624	1893-05-08	1,893	[ "Drama" ]	[ "blacksmith", "beer", "workmen" ]	1	[ "William K.L. Dickson", "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Charles Kayser", "John Ott" ]	xx	Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16624
https://image.tmdb.org/t…MTG6OTEvwm5P.jpg	A Bar Room Scene	1,122,124	1894-05-01	1,894	[]	[]	0	[ "William K.L. Dickson" ]	[]	[]	en	"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1122124
https://image.tmdb.org/t…AsaZVsQRpQHi.jpg	Poultry-Yard	178,752	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "animals", "silent film", "poultry" ]	1	[ "Louis Lumière" ]	[]	[]	fr	Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock of about 50 domesticated ducks. A woman watches them briefly and then moves on. The older girl has her grain in a bucket, the younger one's grain is in her apron. The chil...	Lumière Film Catalogue no. 14	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/178752
https://image.tmdb.org/t…mLmLuyc7wxRx.jpg	Carousel	1,341,623	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "london, england", "fairground", "19th century", "funfair", "hampstead heath", "1890s", "actuality", "early film" ]	1	[]	[]	[]	en	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 heath, London, UK.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1341623
https://image.tmdb.org/t…yZifLCvQ10B1.jpg	Breakers	1,155,023	1896-01-01	1,896	[]	[]	1	[ "Henry Short" ]	[]	[]	en	This was one of a number of films made to exploit the filmic possibilities of flowing water in the wake of the popular appeal of Rough Sea at Dover.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1155023
https://image.tmdb.org/t…oJw5QFcK4Wrs.jpg	A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation	791,889	1896-01-01	1,896	[]	[]	1	[ "Georges Méliès" ]	[]	[]	xx	A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man falls. Available in flipbook format only (tentatively identified) and otherwise a lost film.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/791889
https://image.tmdb.org/t…KTZCc2tPL0IY.jpg	Boys Scrambling For Pennies	1,339,144	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[ "sea", "holiday", "victorian england", "brighton, england", "pier", "seaside", "19th century", "kids", "1890s" ]	1	[ "Arthur Esme Collings" ]	[]	[]	en	Young boys going into the sea water by Brighton's West Pier in the UK to pick up pennies thrown in by people on the pier.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1339144
https://image.tmdb.org/t…9FLXfO3mwaXJ.jpg	The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots	34,372	1895-08-28	1,895	[ "History" ]	[ "queen", "tudor", "decapitation", "executioner", "black and white", "execution", "silent film", "16th century", "grim", "real story", "short film", "history" ]	1	[ "William Heise" ]	[]	[ "Robert Thomae" ]	xx	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 it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the bo...	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/34372
https://image.tmdb.org/t…frA9D0hMNdmP.jpg	Blackfriars Bridge	127,221	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary" ]	[]	1	[ "Robert W. Paul" ]	[]	[]	xx	Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127221
https://image.tmdb.org/t…hRiy7618KW4r.jpg	Post No Bills	114,117	1896-01-01	1,896	[ "Documentary", "Comedy" ]	[ "silent film" ]	1	[ "Georges Méliès" ]	[]	[]	fr	A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.	null	https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/114117

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Movie Poster WebURL Dataset 1874–2025

A TMDB-derived metadata index of movie poster WebURLs covering 1874–2025.

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