# Early Silent Films

A selection of some of the earliest silent films. They are unidentified, but the first, The Car, looks like it came from Melies while the second, The Derby, is probably from the Lumiere Brothers. There is a paper print from Edison, and a very telling shot of Tsar Nicholas and entourage parading in front of the peasants in 1911. His days were numbered at that time.

- Kind: Short
- Runtime: 5 min
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/EarlySilentFilms)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/EarlySilentFilms?play=1)