Départ en gondole de Leurs Majestés (1898)

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.

A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their traditional dance. The Ciociari are the inhabitants of Ciociaria, a region in the south east of Rome.

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Duncan. She dances barefoot without stockings and is dressed in a long, flowing gown bound across the bosom in Grecian style, with inside fringe and a draped cape hooked to her wrist. She also wears what appears to be a garland headpiece. Holding her gown with one hand throughout, the dancer performs a series of kicks and turns with leg kicks front and back, rocking, and round de jambe.

Patients on stretchers are lifted off a cart and carried toward the shrine at Lourdes.

A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.

Sailors training with swords.

A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.