While we're still in the realm of public domain, I'll embed the film below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvmZAzCF0M (If you find youtube's quality unbearable , try the Internet Archive ...
Fantasmagorie was the first fully-animated film. Emile Cohl, a Frenchman, constructed the short over several months by hand-drawing and photographing each frame of animation, ...
This bizarre silent reel, helmed by Edwin S. Porter (photographer of the technically impressive Great Train Robbery) and produced by the Edison Mfg. ...