År 1897

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

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.

A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.

In front of a cheering crowd, President Félix Faure, surrounded by his escort, salutes as he moves forward.

Silent film directed by Georges Demenÿ for Gaumont. An actual remake of the Lumiére brothers' "Démolition d'un mur" (1896).

Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.

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.