Louis Lumière

Horse Trick Riders

In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black…

Alger : déchargement au port

Porters bring goods into a warehouse.

Bains sur le Rhône

Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.

Boats in the New York Harbor

A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor

Lion, London Zoological Gardens

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a unifo…

London Street Dancers

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

Londres, Piccadilly Circus

A view of Piccadilly Circus in London.

Premiers pas de bébé

"A mother walks her baby in a small child's car, then puts him down and moves away a littl…

Review of U.S. Military

A short clip of United States military on horses

Sous les tilleuls

Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass tha…

99e régiment d'infanterie : assaut du portique

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

Belfast, Pompiers : Alerte

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

Danse d'hommes

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

Danse de jeunes filles

While a group of seated women sing and clap their hands, young girls dance with small step…

École de cavalerie de Saumur, le carrousel militaire: Changement de main

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

Panorama des rives du Nil, [VII]

Wood Fire

Men burning a pile of wood.

Barcelone, panorama du port I

The camera sails off, giving us a view of the port from the water.

I. L'adoration des mages

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

Jeu de la poêle

Le marchand de marrons

A man does a practical joke on a chestnut vendor.

Picadors

Bullfighting short from the Lumieres

The Skaters

Skating scene.

Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve)

Within a printing (printing a test).

La Pelouse - Voitures et foules

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

Le retour, au bois

An early short film from the Lumière brothers.

The chariot and battle of confetti

This view represents the passage of a decorated chariot; The many spectators fight with co…

Transport des bois par radeaux

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

Expérience du ballon dirigeable de M. Santos Dumont. I. Sortie du ballon

One of Alberto Santos Dumont's dirigibles is led out of a hangar.

Expérience du ballon dirigeable de M. Santos Dumont. II. Le ballon et son moteur

Alberto Santos Dumont flies one of his dirigibles.

La rue des nations, II

Panorama of the Quai de la Seine, Paris, France.

Le gouverneur général se rendant à bord de "La Tamise" pour assister aux courses de régates

A short film

Le policeman

Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To…

Le vieux Paris: Vue prise en bateau

Paris seen from a boat, in this Lumière short film.

Spanish Bullfight

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a pica…