
01 Jul 1976

To Fly!
Early IMAX documentary about the development of human flight.
This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

Narrator (voice)

Foreman (uncredited)

First Job Applicant (uncredited)

Psychologist (uncredited)

01 Jul 1976

Early IMAX documentary about the development of human flight.
14 Jun 1896
A Lumière Brothers film showing a street scene in Budapest.

03 Jun 1896

Filmed in 1896 by the Lumière brothers, this short actuality captures a dramatic cavalry charge by cuirassiers — heavily armed horsemen in traditional military uniforms. The riders gallop across open ground directly toward the camera, creating an energetic and imposing image that thrilled early audiences with its sense of motion and spectacle.

26 May 1896

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

16 May 1909

Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.

01 Jan 1897

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the camera to look in the distance. At the same time the ship is hit! This scene is a filmed reconstruction of the 1897 Greek-Turkish war.
24 Oct 1897
A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and feet appear to be bare. (Library of Congress)

18 May 1897

Serpentine dance.

19 Apr 1897

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

20 Jul 1897

From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.
01 Jan 1897
Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)
20 Sep 1898
The Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue of Liberty.
20 May 1899
“This is a new negative showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York, in which the immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky. Positively the best picture of the Brooklyn Bridge yet secured.” (Edison film catalog)

20 May 1899

Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River shoreline. Reportedly filmed somewhere between 1897 - 1899, though not copyrighted until 1903.
14 Jul 1899
A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.
01 Jan 1900
A panoramic shot, making a full circle, at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It begins and ends looking at the front of the Palace of Electricity. As it pans, first we see a workman hosing down the promenade. Men and women walk past, all wearing hats. We see the base of the Eiffel Tower, which the Palace faces. A couple strolls. A mother and daughter walk passed, father is slightly ahead wearing a boater. Three men in uniform walk toward the camera as it comes to a stop facing the Palace.

28 Apr 1899

No overview found

29 Apr 1899

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).
01 Jan 1900
Butterfly dance.
27 Sep 1899
Circus bears showing their tricks.