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5 Videos before the year 1900

The oldest videos on our website date back to the 1890s. Here, we present some of them from different countries around the world. Please note that the seemingly authentic sound in some of these videos has been added afterwards.

Streets of Moscow in 1896

You can see a bustling street in Moscow in 1896. The scene is presented as a black-and-white original recording and colorized.

Moscow, Tverskaya Street in 1896

Russia (Europe)

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The Largest Swimming Pool in San Francisco (USA) in 1897

This fascinating footage shows a heavily visited indoor swimming pool in San Francisco from the year 1897. Safety measures were not a concern back then, so everyone had to be careful not to get injured.

Sutro Baths (1897)

USA (North America)

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Cologne 1896

There are recordings from Cologne in 1896 showing ship traffic and numerous pedestrians.

Köln - Cologne 1896 - Lumière - 1st montage in film history - Missing link found

Germany (Europe)

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Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem in April 1897

The sound in the video has been added later and is not the original sound. Sound recordings were not available until about 30 years later.
Even from the Middle East, there are particularly old recordings. This short clip shows a glimpse of Jerusalem in 1897.

April 1897 - Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem (fake sound)

Israel (Asia)

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Champs-Élysées in Paris 1898

Here, artificial sound has also been added.
This video from France in 1898 illustrates the dominance of carriages on the street.

1898 - Street Traffic on the Champs-Élysées, Paris (fake sound)

France (Europe)

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