Incredible Floridas

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

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 ev

1897

Anna, what are you waiting for?

Modern Americans think that the movies learned to talk in 1927 when Al Jolson opened his mouth in THE JAZZ SINGER, but sound pictures had a much longe

1906

Human Apes from the Orient

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding

1906

Girls Taking Time Checks

Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

1904

Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying equipment

1904

Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tight

1904

Butterfly Dance

A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan stage.

1896

No Jardim

In a sunny open air setting with a background of high, deep foliage trees, and a white-walled storeyed house, an acrobat with light shirt and trousers

1896

La Palestine en 1896

Lumière's documents life in Palestine.

1897

Railway Station

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

1980

Danse japonaise, III : Gueichas en Jinrikcha

Women getting onto a rickshaw.

1902

Une scène d'hypnotisme II

A hypnotism scene from the Lumière Brothers.

1898

Aquarium

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.

1896

Montreux, Fêtes des Narcisses: Marquises dans leurs chaises à porteurs

Marquesas in their sedan chairs.

1900

Lyon : sauvetage de lapins

Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.

1896

Washington, le président McKinley adressant son message au peuple

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

1897

Balançoires

19th century carnival ride.

1896

Arles : la sortie de St-Trophime

People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.

1900

Lyon, place Bellecour

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.

1895

Melbourne, les courses : sorties des chevaux

Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.

1896