Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey created the...

Experimental film of a wave, recorded on the bay of Naples.

Chronophotograph record of a ball falling through a soap bubble.

Animated stick drawings representing a man walking.

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

Short film of two men fencers

Footage of blood pumping through the body

Georges Demenÿ saying “Je vous aime”

An early short film recording fencers.

A series of short motion-studies of athletes for the 1900 Olympics in Paris.

One of the first movies ever made.

Early film of men rowing on two boats.

Rabbits jump, play and interact with each other in multiple different sequences.

A horse's hooves stepping.

A cat trotting.

A mounted black horse gallops.

A film by Étienne-Jules Marey of a weight lifter, around 1890

A film by Étienne-Jules Marey of a somersault, around 1890

A dog trots.

Thérèse Rentz rides a bay horse.