Auguste Lumière

Auguste Lumière

Birth : 1862-10-19, Besançon, France

Death : 1954-04-10

History

The Lumière brothers were the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph, which in contrast to Edison's "peepshow" kinetoscope allowed simultaneous viewing by multiple parties. Their first film, Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon, shot in 1895, is considered the first true motion picture.

Profile

Auguste Lumière

Movies

Lumière!
Himself (archive footage)
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
Himself
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand Tavernier.
Wienfilm 1896-1976
Self (archive footage)
This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer
Danse de l'éventail
Producer
This is the last film produced by the Lumiere Brothers, a variation on the Butterfly Dance recorded by several companies, released in hand-colored or stenciled versions, some as early as 1894 and Lubin's Argentine version coming out a couple of years earlier.
Automobile Accident
Producer
A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.
Femmes portant des corbeilles
Producer
Worker women carrying baskets.
Entrée du “Charlemagne” à Bizerte
Producer
Revue du Bardo : délégations tunisiennes
Producer
Revue du Bardo : cavalerie
Producer
Revue du Bardo : commencement du défilé. État-major. Pompiers
Producer
M. le président descendant l’escalier du Bardo
Producer
Le Bey de Tunis et les personnages de sa suite descendant l'escalier du Bardo
Producer
Le cortège à Constantine
Producer
Défilé des chameaux avec les Bassours
Producer
M. le président se rend au déjeuner en gare de Perrégaux
Producer
M. le président se rendant au déjeuner à Sidi-Bel-Abbès
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président à Sidi-Bel-Abbès
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président à Saint-Denis-du-Sig
Producer
Le cortège à Pointe-Pescade
Producer
Le cortège à Chéragas
Producer
M. le président au palais d’été, à Mustapha
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président sur le terrain de la revue à Alger
Producer
La remise des décorations
Producer
Arrivée à la revue d’Alger de la délégation anglaise
Producer
M. le président montant à la tribune pour la revue
Producer
M. le président au palais d’hiver
Producer
Le cortège
Producer
Débarquement de M. le président à Alger
Producer
Panorama du port d'Alger (suite du précédent)
Producer
Continuation of the previous one.” [cf. n ° 27] Panorama of the quays and the city.
Biskra : une noce indigène
Producer
Exotic street scene with men riding camels.
Biskra : enfants indigènes ramassant des pièces de monnaie
Producer
Départ de la place du Gouvernement à Alger
Producer
Ligne d’Alger à Koléa : le grand ravin
Producer
Algiers-Koléa Line: Tunnel of Point Pescade
Producer
Panorama du port d'Alger
Producer
Panorama of the port of Algiers.
Le Cake-Walk: Final
Producer
Négrillons
Producer
Tentation de Saint-Antoine
Producer
Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?
Les poupées
Producer
A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too good to be true?
Chirurgie mécanique
Producer
Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.
Le cambrioleur
Producer
A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and steals her jewelry box. The woman calls for help, a police officer steps in and starts to chase the thief.
Arlequin et Méphistophélès
Producer
Harlequin is walking in a garden with Columbine. As he moves away to the distance and leaves her on her own, Mephisto appears, from inside a well, and tries to woo her. Will Harlequin get back in time and rescue her?
Une scène à l'octroi
Producer
A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.
Le repas fantastique
Producer
A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.
Le gendarme et les domestiques
Producer
Two housemaids, arguing, start to fight : a houseboy steps in to separate them, and in doing so becomes their target and is literally torn apart. Alarmed by the quarrel, a policeman intervenes. Will order finally be restored?
Pierrot et la flûte enchantée
Producer
Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is played. It is now time for Harlequin to play his tricks.
Le prestidigitateur au café
Producer
A magician enters a café and sets about introducing his act, but a waiter interferes and throws him out the door. Disgruntled, the magician decides to take revenge, and he has more than one trick up his sleeve.
Substitutions
Producer
A magician performs various tricks.
La marmite diabolique
Producer
A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto decides to get involved.
Le château hanté
Producer
A sorcerer conjures an old witch and instructs her to seek a maiden. Said maiden is assigned with the task to lure a young traveler inside the castle. Upon his arrival, said traveler is exposed to all sorts of unpleasant surprises. Trouble ensues.
Fort-de-France : négrillons jouant sous les arbres
Producer
Fort-de-France : femmes portant des corbeilles
Producer
Fort-de-France : marché
Producer
M. le Président de la République sur la Jetée Promenade
Producer
The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.
Chamonix: Arrivée en voitures des breaks d'excursion
Producer
A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.
Cirque de Gavarnie : caravane
Producer
Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.
Carrosses de la cour. Fin du cortège
Producer
Le char funèbre
Producer
An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)
Hussards et dragons
Producer
Royal regiment d’artillerie
Producer
Irish Guards. Scots Guards
Producer
Armée indienne
Producer
Bataillon Royal Irish Regiment
Producer
Troupes coloniales
Producer
Cortège. Musique des Household et corps des volontaires
Producer
Biarritz : la plage et l'établissement
Producer
Hustle and bustle on the beach, and walkers on the dike.
Chamonix, Le Village
Producer
A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.
Panorama de la ligne de Cauterets, III. Le tunnel
Producer
Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.
Chamonix: Le mauvais pas
Director
A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.
Chamonix: Le mauvais pas
Producer
A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.
Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche
Producer
Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.
Nice: Panorama sur la ligne de Beaulieu à Monaco, III
Producer
Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
Nice : panorama sur la ligne de Beaulieu à Monaco, II
Producer
Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
Nice : panorama sur la ligne de Beaulieu à Monaco, I
Producer
Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
Montreux, Fêtes des Narcisses: Marquises dans leurs chaises à porteurs
Producer
Marquesas in their sedan chairs.
Vue générale du pont Alexandre III
Producer
Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.
Lancement du 'Varèse' à Livourne
Producer
The launching of the ship Varèse in Livourne.
La mort de Chocolat
Producer
Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. During a battle between Foottit and Chocolat, the latter, who received a slap, plays dead; a stretcher is brought in to carry it away, but the prankster passes under it and happily performs a few gambols while the carriers believe they are carrying away a corpse.”
Le policeman
Producer
Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To separate Foottit and Chocolat who are fighting, their servant brings a policeman to whom the two accomplices play all sorts of tricks.
Revue à Longchamp : défilé de la Garde Républicaine et des pompiers
Producer
A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.
Les Escaliers du Pont de l'Alma
Producer
Stairs from the Pont de l'Alma.
A View Taken from a Mobile Platform II
Producer
People riding on a moving platform / walkway.
A View Taken from a Mobile Platform I
Producer
First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.
Epinal: Les bords de la Moselle
Producer
Aboard the 'Tonkin' - Rope skipping
Producer
Aboard the 'Tonkin' - jumping rope.
Arles : la sortie de St-Trophime
Producer
People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.
Arles : farandoleurs dans les Arènes
Producer
Traditional dance to a flute tune.
A Trip Through Paris, France in The 1890s
Producer
Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.
Nice : le char des berceuses et de la chanson
Producer
Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
Nice : Sa Majesté Carnaval et le char des Limonadiers
Producer
Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
Maillane : la farandole, la valse
Producer
Maillane : la farandole, le pont
Producer
Maillane : la farandole de front
Producer
Maillane : défilé des tambourinaires
Producer
A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.
Passage en chaises à porteur au col des Nuages (Annam)
Producer
Passengers travelling in litters in the French protectorate of Annam
Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs
Producer
The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually accomplished by placing the camera on a moving transport, such as a boat or train.
Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise
Producer
A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.
Courses d’ensemble des régates (rameurs debouts)
Producer
Courses d'ensembles des régates (rameurs assis)
Producer
A Lumière Brothers short film.
Le gouverneur général se rendant à bord de
Producer
A short film
Fête des fleurs, II
Producer
Fête des fleurs, I
Producer
Promenade du dragon à Cholon, V
Producer
Promenade du dragon à Cholon, IV
Producer
Promenade du dragon à Cholon, III
Producer
Promenade du dragon à Cholon, II
Producer
Promenade du dragon à Cholon, I
Producer
A Chinese dragon parade.
La foule après la revue des troupes
Producer
Les tirailleurs
Producer
Défilé de l’infanterie de marine
Producer
Revue des troupes
Producer
Plate-forme mobile et train électrique
Producer
Shot both on and from an elevated electric train.
La toilette du petit chien
Director
A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
La toilette du petit chien
Producer
A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
Foottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise
Producer
Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs
Producer
George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.
Vu générale de l'Exposition prise du Trocadéro
Producer
The 1900 Paris World's Fair as seen from Trocadéro.
Chaise en bascule
Producer
Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.
La Pelouse - Voitures et foules
Producer
Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.
Les mines de charbon de Hon Gay
Producer
Local workers climb the slope pushing carts.
Défilé de voitures de bébés à la pouponnière de Paris
Producer
A long line of nurses pushing carts with their babies enter from the far right, cross a garden in front of the large nursery home, and leave by the close left to the camera. A few toddlers also follow in the same orderly line, along their nurses.
Mauvais temps au port
Producer
A fishing boat is tossed by a rough sea off the coast of Italy.
Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve)
Producer
Within a printing (printing a test).
Sortie de la quadrille (vue de face)
Producer
The quadrille enter the arena with alguazils leading the paseíllo.
Descente en charrettes à bœufs de la jetée d’Angkor Vat
Producer
Elephant March in Phnom Penh
Producer
Le roi de Cambodge se rendant au palais
Producer
The king of Cambodia visits a palace.
Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II
Producer
Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, I
Producer
La ferme Vaudelet et Faraud. Sortie de l’étable
Producer
Après le lancement : sortie des invités et du public
Producer
View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.
Le chat qui joue
Director
A kitten plays with a small piece of wood attached to a string.
Le chat qui joue
Producer
A kitten plays with a small piece of wood attached to a string.
Vue de l'avant d'un transatlantique par un gros temps
Producer
Film shot from a ship at sea.
Mandarins venant saluer le Roi
Producer
A short film
Festival of Paris 1899: Flowering Car Contest
Producer
A procession of automobiles.
Fête de Paris 1899: Concours d'automobiles fleuries
Producer
Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.
The Return to Champs-Élysées
Director
One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.
Le retour, Place de l'Etoile
Director
Street scene: Arch de Triumph.
Le retour, Place de l'Etoile
Producer
Street scene: Arch de Triumph.
Le retour, au bois
Producer
An early short film from the Lumière brothers.
The Kremos: Perilous Jumps
Producer
A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.
Les krémos: Pyramide
Producer
A group of acrobats form human pyramids.
Biarritz : la plage et la mer
Producer
People resting and walking on the beach.
Biarritz : le Port-Vieux
Producer
Shot of rocks being swept by the sea.
Biarritz : une rue
Producer
Pedestrians and cars traffic in Biarritz.
Pau : la place du marché
Producer
Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.
Pau : la terrasse
Producer
A short film from the Lumière brothers showing crowds walking.
Cauterets : défilé, II
Producer
Parade of shepherds leading their flock in the street.
Cauterets : défilé, I
Producer
Parade of mountaineers and shepherds guiding their flocks in a street.
Evian : arrivée d’un bateau
Producer
Evian : arrivée d’un bateau
Director
Panorama de la ligne de Cauterets, II
Producer
Panorama of a mountainside railroad.
Panorama de la ligne de Cauterets, I
Producer
Panorama of a mountainside railroad.
Chamonix: la mer de glace. Descente.
Producer
Four mountaineers descend a snow-covered mountain.
Sauts périlleux par deux
Producer
An acrobatic act.
The Little Girl and Her Cat
Executive Producer
A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto the table.
Sortie de la briqueterie Meffre et Bourgoin, à Hanoï
Producer
Asian remake of Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory, apparently.
Unloading the Brick Oven
Producer
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
Producer
Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
Enterrement annamite
Producer
Faucheurs annamites
Producer
Opium Den
Producer
A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).
Danse d’Annam
Producer
Transport des bois par radeaux
Producer
Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.
Repas annamite
Producer
Tirailleurs annamites (bâton)
Producer
Tirailleurs annamites
Producer
La garde d’honneur du gouverneur général
Producer
La sortie de l'arsenal
Producer
A man films people passing through a gate.
Embarquement d'un bœuf à bord d'un navire
Producer
Cavalcade historique en Sardaigne
Producer
Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.
Inauguration du monument de Victor-Emmanuel à Sassari
Producer
Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari.
Visite de Leurs Majestés à la mine de fer
Producer
View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.
Cuirassés de l'escadre italienne
Producer
Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.
Cuirassés de l'escadre française sur les côtes de Sardaigne
Producer
Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet
Le char funèbre, II
Producer
The Kremos: Double Perilous Jumps
Producer
The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.
Équilibre et moulinet
Director
A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.
Équilibre et moulinet
Producer
A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.
La poupée: Le curé et les mannequins
Producer
A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.
Voltige à cheval à Prague
Producer
A group of riders demonstrate equestrian vaulting, or voltige, on the outskirts of Prague.
Combat sur la voie ferrée
Producer
XIII. La résurrection
Producer
XII. La mise au tombeau
Producer
XI. Le calvaire
Producer
X. La mise en croix
Producer
Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.
IX: The Crown of Thorns
Producer
VIII: The Flagellation
Producer
VII: The Arrest of Jesus Christ
Producer
VI. La cène
Producer
The Last Supper, part 6 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play.
V. Résurrection de Lazare
Producer
Pillow Fight, No. 2
Producer
A group of children in a pillow fight.
IV. Trahison de Judas
Producer
III. L'arrivée à Jérusalem
Producer
II. La fuite en Égypte
Producer
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
Producer
The Lumière catalog sold this title as 13 individual, one-scene films, allowing exhibitors to choose which films they wanted to purchase and how to arrange them in their programs. Lumière catalog no. 933 through 945.
I. L'adoration des mages
Producer
The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play
Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel
Producer
Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
Le goûter champêtre
Producer
A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.
Les chats boxeurs
Director
Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.
Moulin à homme pour l'arrosage des rizières
Producer
A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.
Retour des courses (Japon)
Producer
Japonaise faisant sa toilette
Producer
A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.
Rice Harvest
Producer
Chanteuse japonaise
Producer
Danse japonaise, V : Gocho Garama
Producer
Danse japonaise, IV : Inku
Producer
Danse japonaise, III : Gueichas en Jinrikcha
Producer
Women getting onto a rickshaw.
Danse japonaise, II : Harusame
Producer
Danse japonaise, I : Kappore
Producer
Un pont à Kyoto
Producer
Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.
Danse indienne
Producer
American Indians dancing.
Grand Canal avec barques
Director
Grand Canal avec barques
Producer
Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat
Producer
The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on 35mm film by the Lumiere brothers in 1898. On August 2 of the same year, a demonstration of Alexander Michon's program took place, which included the film "Fire at an oil fountain in Bibiheybat".
The Oil Gush in Balakhany
Producer
A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the International Paris Exhibition. The film was shot using a 35mm film on a Lumière cinematograph. Silent movie. (Wikipedia)
Revue à Longchamp : charge finale et départ de M. le Président
Producer
The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
Revue à Longchamp : défilé du Génie
Producer
A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
Revue à Longchamp : arrivée de M. le président Félix Faure
Producer
President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.
Procession shintoïste
Producer
Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu IV
Producer
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu IV
Director
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu III
Producer
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu III
Director
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu I
Producer
An oddly routed parade.
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu II
Producer
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu II
Director
Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu I
Director
An oddly routed parade.
Course de matelots
Producer
Short film from 1897
Débarquement et feu de mousqueterie
Producer
Branle-bas de combat
Producer
Régates (retour)
Producer
Régates (aller)
Producer
Hello from the Yardarms
Producer
Arrivée d’un bateau et mise à l’ancre
Producer
Panorama des rives de la Seine à Paris, III
Producer
Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
Panorama des rives de la Seine à Paris, III
Director
Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
Panorama des rives de la Seine, IV
Director
"These four views [cf. Nos. 794 to 797] were taken by riverboat; they represent the most interesting parts of the crossing of Paris. "Panorama of the banks of the Seine near the Eiffel Tower. -Lumiere Catalogue
Panorama des rives de la Seine, IV
Producer
"These four views [cf. Nos. 794 to 797] were taken by riverboat; they represent the most interesting parts of the crossing of Paris. "Panorama of the banks of the Seine near the Eiffel Tower. -Lumiere Catalogue
Explosion en mer
Producer
Défilé de l’artillerie de marine
Producer
Défilé de la compagnie de débarquement, II
Producer
Défilé de la compagnie de débarquement, I
Producer
Embarquement d’un boeuf
Producer
Ramassage du linge
Producer
Lutteurs japonais
Producer
Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.
Essuyage du pont
Producer
Lavage du pont, II
Producer
Lavage du pont, I
Producer
Défilé d’inspection à bord des artilleurs et torpilleurs mineurs
Producer
Défilé d’inspection à bord de la compagnie de débarquement
Producer
Escrime au sabre
Producer
Sailors training with swords.
Salut aux couleurs
Producer
Remise des médailles de Madagascar
Producer
Départ des permissionnaires
Producer
Départ du canot major
Producer
Embarquement des marins dans leurs canots
Producer
L’amiral rentrant à bord
Producer
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Les cuirassés de l’escadre (panorama)
Producer
Danseuses japonaises : la danse des éventails
Producer
Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles
Producer
Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.
Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves
Producer
Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor. (IMDb)
Bataille de femmes interrompue par un chien
Producer
Buffalo Bill: cow-boys
Producer
Buffalo Bill: lassage de chevaux
Producer
Transport of a Turret by a Team of 60 Horses
Producer
A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the turret suggests that this view was shot in the vicinity of Saint-Chamond, a town where there are factories specializing in the construction of heavy steel. It is certainly a turret intended for the battleship “Charlemagne”. In addition, a view projected by the Aléthorama on January 20, 1898 in Saint-Étienne, and entitled “Transportation of the armored turret of Saint-Chamond by a team of 80 horses”, could represent the same event.
Paris: firefighters, I. Passage of the pumps
Producer
The view represents a street in Paris along which pumps descend drawn by horses; the crowd follows en masse.
Ronde enfantine
Producer
A group of four children, circle dancing.
Ronde enfantine
Director
A group of four children, circle dancing.
Le lit en bascule
Producer
Voyageur et voleurs
Producer
Dentiste
Producer
Colin-maillard au baquet
Producer
L'assiette au noir
Producer
Place de la Concorde et entrée de la rue Royale
Producer
Charge of the Cuirassiers
Director
Early silent film
Carrare, train sortant d'un tunnel
Producer
Carrara, Italy. A train loaded with marble exits a tunnel.
Marché aux boeufs, I
Producer
Cow herding.
Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges
Producer
One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.
Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau
Producer
Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.
École de cavalerie de Saumur, le carrousel militaire: Changement de main
Producer
A military horseback riding event from 1897.
Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau
Director
Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.
Danse d'hommes
Producer
African men dance, sing and play instruments.
Washerwomen on the River
Director
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
Washerwomen on the River
Producer
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
Le goûter des bébés
Producer
Une partie de lawn-tennis, I
Producer
Tennis match between two women and a man.
Une partie de lawn-tennis, I
Director
Tennis match between two women and a man.
Belfast, exercices de sauvetage
Producer
Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.
Japanese Sword Fencing
Producer
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
Les Aïnos à Yeso, [II]
Producer
Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.
Les Aïnos à Yeso, [I]
Producer
Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.
Venise : place Saint-Marc
Director
Venise : place Saint-Marc
Producer
Petit frère et petite sœur
Producer
In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Producer
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
Bains en mer
Producer
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
Bains en mer
Director
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Director
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
Procession, I
Producer
Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.
Coolies à Saïgon
Producer
Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).
Naples : Santa Lucia
Director
Naples : Santa Lucia
Producer
Mort de Charles Ier
Producer
Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope
Producer
This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss the coronation.
Death of Marat
Producer
This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary writer, Jean-Paul Marat--who has the notorious distinction of having influenced the Reign of Terror.
Mort de Robespierre
Producer
One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.
Assassinat de Kleber
Producer
Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.
Les dernières cartouches
Producer
Signature du traité de Campo-Formio
Producer
Faust : métamorphose de Faust et apparition de Marguerite
Producer
Faust : apparition de Méphistophélès
Producer
A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.
Bataille d’enfants à coup d’oreillers
Producer
Une farce à la chambrée
Producer
Scène chez l’antiquaire
Producer
Colleurs d'affiches
Producer
A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location.
Chez le juge de paix
Producer
Napoléon et la sentinelle
Producer
Danseur russe
Producer
Les boxeurs et le spectateur trop curieux puni
Producer
Nounou et soldats
Producer
Chez le cordonnier
Producer
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
Producer
This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.
Cinghalais : danse des couteaux, III
Producer
Cinghalais : danse des couteaux, II
Producer
Cinghalais: danse des couteaux, I
Producer
Les deux ivrognes
Producer
Les tribulations d'une concierge
Producer
Le charpentier maladroit
Producer
La défense du drapeau
Producer
As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.
Panorama de la ligne de Peterhof
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : pages
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : infanterie
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : grenadiers
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : artillerie de forteresse
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : cosaques
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : artillerie
Producer
Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : charge des hussards de l’impératrice
Producer
Officiers russes attachés au président et journalistes
Producer
M. le président passant devant la compagnie d’honneur
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président à Saint-Pétersbourg
Producer
Suite du cortège passant devant l’amiral Avellan
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président et du tsar à Peterhof
Producer
The Children's Seaside Frolic
Producer
Children enjoying the seaside.
The Children's Seaside Frolic
Director
Children enjoying the seaside.
Naples : une rue
Director
Naples : une rue
Producer
Douche après le bain
Director
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
Douche après le bain
Producer
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
Bruxelles, Sainte-Gudule
Producer
A shot of traffic, Sainte-Gudule in Bruxelles.
Bruxelles, Place de Brouckère
Producer
A shot of traffic, Place de Brouckère in Bruxelles.
Bruxelles, la bourse
Producer
A shot of traffic in front of Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles.
Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach
Producer
Another street scene of daily life.
Bruxelles, Grand’Place
Producer
The main market square in the heart of Brussels.
Panorama de la ville pris d’un bateau
Producer
Chiens : défilé de meutes
Director
Chiens : défilé de meutes
Producer
Anvers : arrivée en Bateau
Producer
Belfast, pompiers : Un Incendie, I
Producer
Also known as 'Un incendie à Dublin I', 'Crowds Watch City Fire Brigade' and 'Crowds Watch Dublin Fire Brigade.' Lumiere Catalog no. 710.
Belfast, pompiers : exercices de sauvetage
Producer
Belfast, Pompiers : Alerte
Producer
Firefighters at work in Belfast.
13e hussards : charge
Producer
13e hussards : exercices du sabre, pied à terre et départ
Producer
13e hussards : arrivée et pied à terre
Producer
13e hussards : défilé par douze
Producer
13e hussards : défilé
Producer
13e hussards : saut d’obstacles par douze
Producer
13e hussards : saut d’obstacles
Producer
Arrivée à Kingstown
Producer
Dublin, Départ de la gare. Panorama
Producer
Dublin, O'Connel Bridge
Producer
Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, III
Producer
Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, II
Producer
Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, I
Producer
Soundy Mounts
Producer
Départ de Lurgan
Producer
Lisburn
Producer
Départ de Dunmurry
Producer
Panorama du départ de Belfast
Producer
Belfast, Castle Place
Producer
A street scene in Belfast showing several horse-drawn omnibuses.
Belfast : Queen's Bridge
Producer
Another critically acclaimed Lumiere street scene.
Panorama de l'arrivée à Belfast
Producer
Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, IV
Producer
Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, III
Producer
Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.
Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, II
Producer
Lumière Catalogue No. 705. A view of the warehouses and docks taken from a local train in Liverpool, ending at the Princess Dock station.
Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, I
Producer
A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.
Liverpool, entrée dans Clarence Dock
Producer
Clarence Dock
Liverpool, la rade
Producer
Liverpool, the sparse. Boats in Liverpool.
Liverpool, Lime Street
Producer
Street scene in Liverpool.
Liverpool, Church Street
Producer
More 19th century city life.
Panorama du palais de Westminster pris de la Tamise
Producer
Départ d’un bateau sur la Tamise
Producer
Football
Producer
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
Bateaux sur le lac de St-James Park
Producer
Gardes à pied : marche de front
Producer
Gardes à pied : exercices d’assouplissement
Producer
Gardes à pied : exercices à la baïonnette
Producer
Gardes à pied : maniement d’armes
Producer
Gardes écossais à Hyde Park
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, l’artillerie à cheval
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les cavaliers du Cap
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, l’artillerie de marine
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les gardes du corps et la musique des dragons
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les ambassadeurs
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : Le cortège, les princes étrangers
Producer
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, la reine
Producer
Another parade film from the Lumiere company.
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : la reine arrivant à Windsor
Producer
Short film from (1897)
Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : la foule suivant le cortège
Producer
99e régiment d’infanterie : anneaux et trapèze
Producer
99e régiment d’infanterie : anneaux et trapèze
Director
99ème régiment d'infanterie : assaut du portique
Producer
A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.
99ème régiment d'infanterie : assaut du portique
Director
A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.
Villefranche : arrivée d'un train
Director
Villefranche : arrivée d'un train
Producer
Une scène au théâtre japonais
Producer
Attelage d'un camion
Producer
A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.
Arrivée de la garde au palais royal, II
Producer
Arrivée de la garde au palais royal, I
Producer
Avesta : les chutes
Producer
Saltsjöbaden : départ en chemin de fer, panorama
Producer
Strandvägen : panorama
Producer
Norrström : panorama
Producer
Norrström : débarquement
Producer
Kastellholmen : panorama
Producer
Lyon, travaux au canal de Jonage: Machine à damer
Producer
A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône river, which was built in order to supply the hydroelectric plant of Cusset.
Une partie de lawn-tennis II
Producer
A group of friends playing tennis.
Acteurs japonais : danse d’homme
Producer
Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm
Producer
A fight breaks out between two men in medieval Stockholm, Sweden.
Entrée du château dans le vieux Stockholm
Producer
Arrivée d'un bateau et débarquement à l'exposition
Producer
Arrivée à l'exposition en bateau
Producer
Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition
Producer
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
Nègres Ashantis: Toilette d'un negrillon II
Producer
A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.
Entrée du cortège royal à l'Exposition
Producer
The Swedish Royal family arrives at the General Art and Industrial Exposition at Djurgården in Stockholm on 15 May 1897.
Arrivée du kronprinz à l’exposition
Producer
Arrivée du roi à l’exposition
Producer
Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or
Producer
Panoramic view of Constantinople.
Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore
Producer
Panorama of Constantinople from the river.
Damas, Souk-el-Fakhra
Producer
Damas, une place
Producer
Beyrouth, Souk-Abou-el-Nassahr
Producer
Beyrouth, place des canons
Producer
Beirut: place cannons.
Arroseur et arrosé, III
Producer
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the third version.
Water toboggan (Montagnes russes sur l'eau)
Producer
Early water rollercoaster-type ride.
Caravane de chameaux
Producer
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway
Producer
Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train leaves Jerusalem.
Jérusalem : une rue
Producer
Jérusalem : la Voie douloureuse et entrée du Saint-Sépulcre
Producer
Arrivée en voiture à la gare
Producer
Jérusalem : la voie douloureuse
Producer
Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre
Producer
The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
Embarquement de M. le président au départ de l’Ile de Ré
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président à Sainte-Marie
Producer
Réception à La Flotte
Producer
Ré : débarquement de M. le président
Producer
Jérusalem : Porte de Jaffa, côté ouest
Producer
Bethléem, une place
Producer
This street scene from Bethlehem shows a crowd of locals jumping on something in the middle of camera range. What are they seeking? The implication seems to be that they are beggars jumping on a handful of alms tossed onto the spot and the effect is simultaneously funny and sad.
Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa, côté Est
Producer
Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.
Le gendarme et le voleur
Producer
Le gendarme et le voleur
Director
L’homme-chien
Director
L’homme-chien
Producer
Sauts à la corde
Director
Sauts à la corde
Producer
Sauts périlleux
Director
Sauts périlleux
Producer
Chapeaux et équilibres
Director
Chapeaux et équilibres
Producer
Les chapeaux, II
Director
Les chapeaux, II
Producer
Les Chapeaux, I
Director
Silent film.
Les Chapeaux, I
Producer
Silent film.
Le ballon
Director
Le ballon
Producer
Cheval sauteur
Director
Cheval sauteur
Producer
Spain: Bullfighting
Director
After a picador tries in vain to bite the bull, several cape passes are performed. Then, the bull gores several horses.
Spain: Bullfighting
Producer
After a picador tries in vain to bite the bull, several cape passes are performed. Then, the bull gores several horses.
Panorama du port
Producer
Saintes : remise de décorations
Producer
Cortège de M. le président sortant de la gare
Producer
Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer (collines)
Producer
Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer
Producer
Jaffa : débarquement d’une barque
Producer
Jaffa : Marché, III
Producer
Jaffa : Marché, II
Producer
Jaffa : Marché, I
Producer
Jaffa : arrivée d’un train
Producer
M. le président à l’hôpital militaire écoutant le compliment d’une petite fille
Producer
Arrivée de M. le président dans l’arsenal
Producer
Panorama de l’arsenal
Producer
Arrivée de l’Elan
Producer
Bal des Sablaises
Producer
Large group of couples dancing.
La fanfare des Sables
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [VIII]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [VII]
Producer
M. le président arrivant au bal des Sablaises
Producer
Débarquement des Sablaises
Producer
Débarquement de M. le président au Carnet
Producer
Le président après l’inauguration du monument de Paul Baudry
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [VI]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [V]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [IV]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [III]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [II]
Producer
Panorama des rives du Nil, [I]
Producer
Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.
Cairo, Artillery Parade
Producer
An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé de l’artillerie turque"
Départ de Toukh
Producer
Départ de Benha
Producer
Village de Sakkarah (cavaliers sur ânes)
Producer
The Pyramids (Overview)
Producer
A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.
Descent of the Great Pyramid
Producer
Descent of the Great Pyramid.
Bourricots sous les palmiers
Producer
Cheval de haute école, II
Director
A man trots around on a horse for the camera.
Cheval de haute école, II
Producer
A man trots around on a horse for the camera.
Le Caire, défilé de l’infanterie
Producer
Le Caire, Kasr-el-Nil
Producer
Le Caire, sortie du pont de Kasr-el-Nil
Producer
Le Caire, sortie du pont de Kasr-el-Nil (chameaux)
Producer
Le Caire, pont de Kasr-el-Nil
Producer
Barrage du Nil
Producer
Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.
Cheval de haute école, I
Director
Cheval de haute école, I
Producer
Espagne : courses de taureaux, II
Producer
Charpentier et cartonnier
Director
Charpentier et cartonnier
Producer
Dames acrobates
Director
Dames acrobates
Producer
Place de la Concorde (vue prise du côté ouest)
Director
Place de la Concorde (vue prise du côté ouest)
Producer
Prestidigitateur, II
Director
Prestidigitateur, II
Producer
Prestidigitateur, I
Director
A magician performs a few tricks.
Prestidigitateur, I
Producer
A magician performs a few tricks.
Boxers in Barrels
Director
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
Départ d’un transatlantique
Director
Départ d’un transatlantique
Producer
Débarquement
Director
Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
Débarquement
Producer
Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
Boxers in Barrels
Producer
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
Panorama des quais de la Saône à Lyon pris d'un bateau
Director
Short from (1897)
Panorama des quais de la Saône à Lyon pris d'un bateau
Producer
Short from (1897)
Paris, mi-carême : char de la reine des reines
Producer
Paris, mi-carême : char de la reine des reines
Director
Colin-maillard
Director
Colin-maillard
Producer
Bocal aux poissons-rouges
Producer
[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of cinema has witnessed a struggle between the objective and subjective camera and the optically distorting lenses like the fisheye lens has been a powerful tool for the subjective camera. Here it is at the start. (from IMDB)
Cuirassé américain “San Francisco” en rade de Villefranche (panorama)
Director
Cuirassé américain “San Francisco” en rade de Villefranche (panorama)
Producer
Le “Magenta”
Director
Le “Magenta”
Producer
Le
Director
Le
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : défilé
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : défilé
Director
Exercice de boxe
Director
Exercice de boxe
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : exercice du bâton
Director
27ème chasseurs alpins : exercice du bâton
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : assaut du portique
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : assaut du portique
Director
27ème chasseurs alpins : défilé du bataillon en masse
Director
27ème chasseurs alpins : défilé du bataillon en masse
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : assaut d'un mur
Producer
27ème chasseurs alpins : maniement d’armes
Director
27ème chasseurs alpins : maniement d’armes
Producer
Le Caire, rue Tath-el-Rab’
Producer
Le Caire, rue Sharia-el-Nahassine
Producer
Le Caire, rue Ataba-el-Khadra
Producer
Le Caire, rue Sayeda-Zeinab
Producer
Le Caire, Place Soliman Pacha
Producer
Le Caire : Place de l'Opéra
Producer
Le Caire, Place du Gouvernement
Producer
Le Caire, Place de la Citadelle
Producer
Le Caire, un enterrement
Producer
A funeral parade in Cairo.
Bédouins avec chameaux sortant de l’octroi
Producer
Place Méhémet Ali
Producer
Embarquement
Producer
Arrivée du train de Ramleh
Producer
Procession of the sacred carpet
Producer
Procession of the sacred carpet.
Le khédive et son escorte
Producer
Carnaval, [VIII]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Bonne d’enfants et cuirassier
Director
Bonne d’enfants et cuirassier
Producer
Carnaval, [VIII]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Bonne d'enfants et soldat
Producer
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
24ème chasseurs alpins : rassemblement
Director
24ème chasseurs alpins : rassemblement
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : exercices d’assouplissement
Director
24ème chasseurs alpins : exercices d’assouplissement
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : exercices à la baïonnette
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : exercices à la baïonnette
Director
24ème chasseurs alpins : sauts d’obstacles
Director
24ème chasseurs alpins : sauts d’obstacles
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : défilé au pas de gymnastique
Director
24ème chasseurs alpins : défilé au pas de gymnastique
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : défilé
Producer
24ème chasseurs alpins : défilé
Director
Paris, cortège du bœuf gras (char du prince du carnaval)
Director
Carnaval, [VII]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [VII]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [VI]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [VI]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [V]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [V]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [IV]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [IV]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [III]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [III]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [II]
Director
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Carnaval, [I]
Producer
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
24th Mountain Infantry: Boxing Lesson
Producer
Paris, cortège du bœuf gras (char du prince du carnaval)
Producer
Washington, le président McKinley adressant son message au peuple
Producer
A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Défilé de la garde nationale du district de Columbia
Producer
Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.
Défilé du club républicain James Blaine
Producer
Uniformed men march in step, in widely spaced ranks of each other.
Défilé de l'artillerie du district de Columbia
Producer
Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.
Executive Mansion
Producer
Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.
Le prince et la princesse de Naples
Producer
Elena of Montenegro and Victor Emmanuel III, followed by their escort.
Touristes revenant d’une excursion
Director
Touristes revenant d’une excursion
Producer
Danse des Ciociari
Director
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.
Danse des Ciociari
Producer
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.
Panorama du départ de la gare d’Ambérieu pris du train (temps de neige)
Director
Panorama du départ de la gare d’Ambérieu pris du train (temps de neige)
Producer
Snowball Fight
Producer
Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off his bicycle. He's not hurt, but he rides back the way he came, as the fight continues.
Sortie d'usine, [IV]
Producer
Workers leaving the Lumière factory.
Sortie d'usine, [IV]
Director
Workers leaving the Lumière factory.
Fire Drill
Producer
The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the roof, carrying hoses.
Chutes du Rhin vues de près
Producer
The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.
Bersagliers
Producer
A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and all fire their weapons repeatedly.
Rome, la gare
Producer
A Roman street scene from the Lumière Brothers.
Baignade de négrillons
Producer
Via Roma
Director
Via Roma
Producer
Acteurs japonais : bataille au sabre
Producer
Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.
Une rue à Tokyo
Producer
Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.
Sortie d’un temple shintoïste
Producer
Yokohama : déchargement dans un port
Producer
Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.
Arrivée d’un train à Nagoya
Producer
Repas en famille
Producer
A Japanese family having tea.
Dîner japonais
Producer
A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.
Via Marina
Director
Via Marina
Producer
Mauvaises herbes
Director
In a field, three women are using pitchforks in order to feed a small fire with weeds.
Mauvaises herbes
Producer
In a field, three women are using pitchforks in order to feed a small fire with weeds.
Mauvaises herbes
Camera Operator
In a field, three women are using pitchforks in order to feed a small fire with weeds.
Panorama des rives de la Seine, II
Director
Panorama des rives de la Seine, II
Producer
Panorama des rives de la Seine, I
Director
Panorama des rives de la Seine, I
Producer
Garde descendante du Palais Saint James
Producer
Sauts au cheval en longueur
Producer
Sackville Street, Dublin
Producer
One reel containing actuality footage of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street). Some of the earliest known film footage of Ireland.
Entrée d'une noce à l'église
Director
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
Entrée d'une noce à l'église
Producer
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
La Palestina en 1896
Producer
Lumière's documents life in Palestine.
La Palestina en 1896
Director
Lumière's documents life in Palestine.
L'Arroseur arrosé
Producer
The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.
Sortie d'une noce à l'église
Producer
A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.
Marché
Producer
Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.
Souk el Bey
Producer
Marché aux légumes
Producer
Marché aux poissons
Producer
Place Bab-Souika
Producer
Rue Sidi-Ben-Arous
Producer
Rue El-Halfaouine
Producer
Porte de France
Producer
Rue et porte Bab-el-Khadra
Producer
Marché aux charbons (avec chameaux)
Producer
Halte à la gare
Producer
Tunis: Le Bey et son escorte
Producer
Short from (1897)
Rue de France
Producer
Rue Sidi-Bou-Medine
Producer
Rue Mascara
Producer
Alger : déchargement au port
Producer
Porters bring goods into a warehouse.
Alger: rue Bab-Azoun
Producer
Another street scene from the Lumiere company
Alger : place du gouvernement
Producer
A street scene with a government building in the background.
Marché arabe
Producer
Anes
Producer
An early Algerian film depicting donkeys
Alger : prière du muezzin
Producer
A short clip from the Lumière Brothers.
Chargement d’un wagon de tonneaux
Producer
Pistol Duel
Producer
Based on a real event that occurred between two deputies, in Chapultepec Park.
Unloading Grain
Producer
Mâcon : panorama pris d’un train
Director
Mâcon : panorama pris d’un train
Producer
Cours Belsunce
Producer
Cours Belsunce
Director
Fish Market
Director
Fish Market
Producer
Roi et Reine d'Italie
Producer
King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.
Place de l'Opéra
Director
A Paris street scene.
Place de l'Opéra
Producer
A Paris street scene.
Arc de Triomphe
Director
A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.
Arc de Triomphe
Producer
A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.
Lyon : sauvetage de lapins
Director
Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.
Lyon : Quai de l'Archevêché
Producer
The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
Lyon : sauvetage de lapins
Producer
Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.
Children Digging for Clams
Producer
Children dig for clams on the beach
Lassage d'un boeuf sauvage
Producer
Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.
Melbourne, les courses : présentation du vainqueur
Producer
Coach W. Hickenbotham takes "Newhaven" out of his box and places the horse at the center of the paddock. Gardiner, the jockey, saddles up the horse, rides it and begins to spin, slowly.
Melbourne, les courses : sorties des chevaux
Producer
Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.
Nîmes, sortie de l'église
Director
Nimes, leaving the church.
Nîmes, sortie de l'église
Producer
Nimes, leaving the church.
Pompiers : mise en batterie
Director
Firefighters at the scene lay out hoses and prepare to fight a blaze.
Pompiers : mise en batterie
Producer
Firefighters at the scene lay out hoses and prepare to fight a blaze.
Pompiers : sortie de la pompe
Director
Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.
Pompiers : sortie de la pompe
Producer
Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.
Ploughing
Director
Ploughing
Producer
Rome, Piazza Colonna
Producer
Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
Producer
The first travelling shot.
Panorama of St. Mark's Square Taken From a Boat
Producer
Rome, fin du cortège au mariage du prince de Naples
Producer
Rome, Wedding Procession of the Prince of Naples
Producer
A royal wedding procession.
Cavalier sur un cheval rétif
Producer
Mexicans doing a rodeo.
Lassage d'un cheval sauvage
Producer
Mexicans lassoing a horse.
Combat de coqs
Producer
A cockfight.
Danse mexicaine
Producer
A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.
Lassage des bœufs pour le labour
Producer
Herding cows
Horses Bathing
Producer
Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.
Joueurs de cartes arrosés
Producer
A friendly card game goes sour fast.
Joueurs de cartes arrosés
Director
A friendly card game goes sour fast.
Pêche à l’épervier
Director
Pêche à l’épervier
Producer
Pompiers : sauvetage
Director
Pompiers : sauvetage
Producer
Pompiers : attaque du feu
Director
In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and each wagon carries from two to eight firefighters. After the wagons pass, carts and pedestrians resume traffic on the street.
Pompiers : attaque du feu
Producer
In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and each wagon carries from two to eight firefighters. After the wagons pass, carts and pedestrians resume traffic on the street.
Turcos (défilé)
Producer
Turcos regiment parade.
Champs-Élysées
Producer
Documentary of Paris.
Champs-Élysées
Director
Documentary of Paris.
Paris : général Saussier et son état-major
Producer
Dragons escorting officers on horseback.
La foule sur la place de l’Opéra
Producer
A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.
Paris : dragons de l’escorte
Producer
Dragon Parade, then passage of several carriages.
Paris : chasseurs à cheval et spahis de l’escorte
Producer
Parade of hunters and Spahis.
Paris : les souverains russes et le président de la République aux Champs-Élysées
Producer
Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by horsemen.
Cherbourg : débarquement des souverains russes
Producer
Cherbourg : entrée des souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall
Producer
Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.
Repas des chats
Producer
Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.
Repas des chats
Director
Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.
Enfants jouant aux billes
Producer
Game of marbles between four or five boys.
Vieux port
Director
Vieux port
Producer
Milan, place du Dôme
Producer
Niagara, les rapides
Producer
Niagara Falls
Producer
A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left). Virtually overlooking the falls and surrounded by the swift current not far from the camera is a small island where six or eight tourists watch the water, talk, and move about.
New York, patineurs au Parc central
Producer
Rollerskating in Central Park.
New York, Brooklyn Bridge
Producer
New York, descente des voyageurs du pont de Brooklyn
Producer
New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge
Chutes du Rhin vues de loin
Producer
A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.
Défilé du 8e bataillon
Producer
A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.
Métropolitain
Producer
New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place
Producer
New York, Whitehall Street
Producer
Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.
New York: Broadway at Union Square
Producer
Brooklyn, Fulton Street
Producer
Brooklyn, Fulton Street
New York, Avenue et Union Square
Producer
Lumiere street scene.
New York, Broadway and Wall Street
Producer
Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.
New York, Broadway et Reade Street
Producer
New York, Broadway
Producer
A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.
Woodcutters
Producer
Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.
Pont sur le Rhin
Producer
Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.
Danse Tyrolienne
Producer
A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.
Pont de bateaux
Producer
A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.
Panorama pris d'un bateau
Producer
Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.
Coiffures
Director
Coiffures
Producer
Chicago, Michigan avenue
Producer
Chicago Police Parade
Producer
Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by an officer. All are men, all are white, all look tall, all wear identical high-buttoned uniforms and badges and carry a nightstick. Almost all sport mustaches. Behind the police comes a horse-drawn carriage.
Chicago, Grande Roue
Producer
A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.
Boston, Tremont row
Producer
Boston, Atlantic avenue
Producer
Boston, Commercial Street
Producer
Boston, Commercial Street.
Boston, Market street
Producer
Boston, Washington street
Producer
Leçon de bicyclette
Director
A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
Leçon de bicyclette
Producer
A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance
Producer
The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen.
Moutons entrant à l'abattoir
Director
Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.
Moutons entrant à l'abattoir
Producer
Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.
Embarquement d’un cheval
Director
Embarquement d’un cheval
Producer
Lyon : débarquement d'une mouche
Producer
Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.
Lyon : débarquement d'une mouche
Director
Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.
Görlitz : revue devant Guillaume II et Nicolas II
Producer
The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.
Berlin, Hallesches Thor
Director
A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.
Potsdamer Platz
Director
Potsdamer Platz
Producer
Danse sur scène (pas de deux)
Director
Danse sur scène (pas de deux)
Producer
Repas en famille
Producer
A family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.
Repas en famille
Director
A family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.
Baby's First Steps
Producer
A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away and calls her name, to demonstrate that her baby can walk.
Marble arch
Producer
Berlin, Hallesches Thor
Producer
A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.
Radeau avec baigneurs
Himself
Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.
Berlin: Panoptikum
Director
A Berlin street scene.
Guillaume II et Nicolas II à cheval
Producer
Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
III. Défilé de hussards devant Guillaume II
Producer
Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
II. Inauguration
Producer
Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)
Berlin: Panoptikum
Producer
A Berlin street scene.
I. Avant l'inauguration. Arrivée des souverains
Producer
Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
Writing Backwards
Producer
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
Pont de la Tour
Producer
Dresde, vieux quartier à l'Exposition
Director
Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.
Postplatz
Director
Postplatz
Producer
Dragoons Crossing the Sâone
Producer
A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each riding his horse as it swims across toward camp or leading it by the bridle as they swim
Scènes d'enfants
Director
Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.
Scènes d'enfants
Producer
Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.
Dragoons Crossing the Sâone
Director
A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each riding his horse as it swims across toward camp or leading it by the bridle as they swim
Londres, Piccadilly Circus
Producer
A view of Piccadilly Circus in London.
Dresde, vieux quartier à l'Exposition
Producer
Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.
Dresden, August-Brücke
Director
A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
Dresden, August-Brücke
Producer
A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
Danseuses des rues
Director
Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.
Danseuses des rues
Executive Producer
Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Pied à terre
Director
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Pied à terre
Producer
Débarquement
Director
A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.
Débarquement
Producer
A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.
Embarquement
Director
People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.
Départ d’un bateau à vapeur sur le lac Léman
Producer
Départ d’un bateau à vapeur sur le lac Léman
Director
Barques
Producer
Barques
Director
Ruraux au galop
Producer
A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.
Embarquement
Producer
People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.
Sortie d'usine, [III]
Producer
Working men and women leave the Lumière factory, through the main gate. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the second remake "no horse" version.
Tigers at the Zoo
Producer
Teasing tigers with meat.
Pelicans, London Zoological Garden
Producer
Pelicans move
Exercise a la baionette
Producer
Short about parading troops in Mexico.
Lion
Producer
A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the cage. The lion alternates between finding the food on the cage floor and reaching through the bars to swipe at the man, who stays alarmingly close to the beast. In the background are the large rocks and brick wall at the back of the lion's habitat.
Lutteurs javanais
Producer
Jongleur javanais
Producer
Danse javanaise
Producer
Mexico, Spanish Street Dance
Producer
Short made in Mexico
Marche Indien sur le canal de la Viga
Producer
Short made in Mexico.
Le président en promenade
Producer
A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.
Le président prenant congé de ses ministres
Producer
Défilé de jeunes filles au lycée
Producer
Repas d'indiens
Producer
Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.
Cortège du prince Weimar
Director
Cortège du prince Weimar
Producer
Cortège de cavaliers
Producer
Cortège de cavaliers
Director
Cortège des anciens Germains
Director
Cortège des anciens Germains
Producer
Concours de bébés
Director
A crowd of young children dance around.
Concours de bébés
Producer
A crowd of young children dance around.
Cortège sur le Schlossplatz
Director
Cortège sur le Schlossplatz
Producer
Cortège au mariage de la princesse Maud
Producer
A large wedding procession.
Leçon d’escrime : salut
Director
Leçon d’escrime : salut
Producer
Toulouse, rue Alsace-Lorraine
Director
A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.
Cavalcade (guerriers romains et abyssins)
Producer
Cavalcade (guerriers romains et abyssins)
Director
Cavalcade (char de la soierie)
Director
A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.
Cavalcade (char de la soierie)
Producer
A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.
Nègres en corvée
Director
Nègres en corvée
Producer
Départ de cyclistes
Producer
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
Elephants
Director
Ostriches
Producer
An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.
Elephants
Producer
Toulouse, rue Alsace-Lorraine
Producer
A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.
Baignade de nègres
Director
A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.
Baignade de nègres
Producer
A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.
Danse russe
Director
Danse russe
Producer
Bicyclist
Producer
Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.
Vienna
Director
street scenes of Vienna available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBCDQVM5t2w
Artillerie (exercice du tir)
Producer
Garde descendante du palais royal
Producer
Hallebardiers de la reine
Producer
Venice Showing Gondolas
Producer
Shot of Venice from the Canal.
Exercice du sabre
Director
Short film from (1896)
Exercice du sabre
Producer
Short film from (1896)
Distribution des vivres aux soldats
Producer
Cyclistes militaires
Producer
Défilé du génie
Producer
Lanciers de la reine : défilé
Producer
The Queen's Lancers: Charge [Spain]
Producer
Short from 1896.
Venise, arrivée en gondole
Producer
People dismount and mount a gondola.
Porte de Tolède
Producer
Short from (1896)
Vienne, entrée du cinématographe
Producer
People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.
Puerta del Sol
Producer
A street scene from Spain.
Le Ring
Producer
A fixed camera gets images of traffic and passers-by in Vienna's chic thoroughfare, popularly known as Ringstrasse (The Ring), at a junction with another large street.
Madrid, arrivée des toréadors
Producer
Matadors exiting carriages in Madrid.
Voitures automobiles
Producer
Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.
Pigeons sur la place Saint-Marc
Producer
A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
Budapest, pont suspendu
Producer
A Lumière Brothers film showing a street scene in Budapest.
Leçon d’escrime : assaut
Director
Leçon d’escrime : assaut
Producer
Budapest : cortège du sceptre royal
Producer
These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary. Horsemen and men on foot parade, all dressed in historic uniforms.
Budapest, Crown Procession
Producer
Procession on a Budapest street.
Cuirassiers : mêlée (longueur : 12 mètres)
Director
Cuirassiers : mêlée (longueur : 12 mètres)
Producer
Cuirassiers : en fourrageurs (charge)
Director
Cuirassiers : en fourrageurs (charge)
Producer
Cuirassiers à cheval
Director
Cuirassiers charge the camera on horseback.
Cuirassiers à cheval
Producer
Cuirassiers charge the camera on horseback.
Cuirassiers : départ
Director
Cuirassiers : départ
Producer
Vienne : retour des courses
Producer
Boules Game
Producer
Balançoires
Producer
19th century carnival ride.
Moscow, Tverskaia Street
Producer
Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.
Admiral Sallandrouze and General Tournier
Producer
Arrivée en voiture
Producer
A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.
Asian Delegations
Producer
Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.
Tsar et tsarine entrant dans l'église de l'Assomption
Producer
While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.
L'Impératrice mère et la grande-duchesse Eugénie en carrosse
Producer
Passage of three carriages, escorted by lackeys and soldiers.
Comtesse de Montebello
Producer
Les souverains et les invités se rendant au sacre (escalier rouge)
Producer
Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.
Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin [Moscow]
Producer
The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.
Boxeurs
Director
Boxeurs
Producer
Géant et nain
Director
A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.
Récréation à la Martinière
Director
Students in Lyon.
Récréation à la Martinière
Producer
Students in Lyon.
Francfort : réception de Guillaume II
Producer
Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.
Place Bel-air
Producer
Washing Day in Switzerland
Producer
Women and infants do laundry in this promotional film for Sunlight soap.
Rentrée à l'étable
Producer
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
Géant et nain
Producer
A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.
Fête au village
Producer
Danse égyptienne
Producer
Arab Cortege, Geneva
Producer
A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attended by men with horns and drums. Coming in the other direction are local Swiss, who pay little attention, and a group of native-garbed Africans. The dozen or so well-dressed denizens of Geneva who are sitting on the steps of the Divan take it all in.
Cascade
Producer
Abreuvoir
Director
Abreuvoir
Producer
Scaphandrier
Producer
A man in a diving suit emerges.
Cologne : arrivée de l'express
Producer
A train arrives in Cologne Central Station and employees and travellers are seen on the platform.
Cologne : sortie de la cathédrale
Producer
A short black and white film by the Lumiere brothers which captures the crowd at the Cologne Cathedral after the main religious services.
Sous les tilleuls
Producer
Arroseur et arrosé, II
Director
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the first remake.
Arroseur et arrosé, II
Producer
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the first remake.
Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)
Producer
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
Enfant et chien
Director
A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps.
Enfant et chien
Producer
A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps.
Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)
Director
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
Le président arrivant à l’inauguration du monument de Paul Baudry
Producer
Train présidentiel
Producer
Lancement d'un navire
Producer
At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.
Loading a Boiler
Producer
A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb down from atop the boiler and then remove their ladder. Four or five other workers tie the boiler down to the deck. Their pace is leisurely. In the background is a busy harbor.
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Défilé
Director
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Défilé
Producer
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Sauts d’obstacles
Director
Stuttgart : 26ème dragons. Sauts d’obstacles
Producer
Fontaine sur le Schlossplatz
Director
Fontaine sur le Schlossplatz
Producer
Schlossplatz
Director
Schlossplatz
Producer
Maximilianeum
Director
A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.
Maximilianeum
Producer
A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.
Karlsplatz
Director
Karlsplatz
Producer
Lombards Brücke
Director
Lombards Brücke
Producer
Francfort-sur-le-Main, Alter-Marktplatz
Director
The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.
Francfort-sur-le-Main, Alter-Marktplatz
Producer
The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.
Port de la Joliette
Director
Port de la Joliette
Producer
La Canebière
Producer
Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.
La Canebière
Director
Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.
La Bourse
Producer
Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.
La Bourse
Director
Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.
Bassin des Tuileries
Director
Short of the Tuileries.
Cygnes
Director
Cygnes
Producer
Bassin des Tuileries
Producer
Short of the Tuileries.
96ème de ligne en marche
Director
96ème de ligne en marche
Producer
Arrivée d'un train à Perrache
Producer
A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.
Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train
Executive Producer
A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.
Carpenters
Producer
In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.
Women Fighting
Producer
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
Women Fighting
The Man
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
Rome, pont Ripetta
Director
A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.
Fontaine de Trevi
Director
Fontaine de Trevi
Producer
Via Carlo Alberto
Director
Infanterie
Director
Infanterie
Producer
Carabiniers
Producer
Carabiniers
Director
Le forum
Director
Lumiere short
Le forum
Producer
Lumiere short
Piazza Termini
Director
Piazza Termini
Producer
Milan: The Rowers
Producer
View of a group of Milanese rowers. The video was made by the operator Giuseppe Filippi, the official dealer of the Lumière Brothers for the Italian territory.
Bains de Diane (Milan)
Producer
A large pool in Milan has diving boards set at different heights. As some people watch from along the pool's edge, others enjoy themselves by diving into the pool, using a variety of different styles.
Rome, pont Ripetta
Producer
A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.
Port et Vésuve
Producer
Levée de filets de pêche
Producer
A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.
Via Carlo Alberto
Producer
Sortie d’usine, [II]
Producer
London, Cinematography Entry
Producer
The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.
Abattage d'un arbre
Producer
Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.
Cyclistes et cavaliers arrivant au cottage
Producer
Cyclists and horse riders arriving at the cottage (1896)
Steamship Arrival
Producer
A steamboat coming to port.
Demolition of a Wall
Producer
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
Demolition of a Wall
Himself
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
Londres : entrée de Hyde Park
Director
Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.
Londres : entrée de Hyde Park
Producer
Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.
Gardes à cheval
Director
Gardes à cheval
Producer
Garde montante au palais de Buckingham
Director
Garde montante au palais de Buckingham
Producer
Regent Street
Director
Regent Street
Producer
Pont de Westminster
Director
View of the Westminster Bridge.
Pont de Westminster
Producer
View of the Westminster Bridge.
Hyde Park
Director
Hyde Park
Producer
Londres : alerte de pompiers
Director
Londres : alerte de pompiers
Producer
Partie d'écarté
Producer
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
Panorama de l’arrivée à Aix-les-Bains pris du train (temps de neige)
Director
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
Panorama de l’arrivée à Aix-les-Bains pris du train (temps de neige)
Producer
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
Saut à la couverte
Producer
Jumping the Blanket.
Saut à la couverte
Director
Jumping the Blanket.
Voltige
Producer
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat [non-catalogued]
Producer
Probably filmed in 1895, a group of people stand along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. The train pulls up and attendants help passengers off and on. This was not in the Lumière's official catalog, and was likely screened in early 1896.
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat [non-catalogued]
Director
Probably filmed in 1895, a group of people stand along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. The train pulls up and attendants help passengers off and on. This was not in the Lumière's official catalog, and was likely screened in early 1896.
Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke
Producer
Carmaux is in south-central France, near the Tarn River. As a brick of coke, about four feet high and three feet wide, is gradually pushed out of a smelter into a yard, one worker sprays it with water from a hose while two workers with long metal rakes wait to spread it out. Other workers buzz in and out of the foreground of the stationary camera. Atop the first level of the brick smelter, workers push full carts of coal along a track.
Rochers de la vierge (Biarritz)
Producer
"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers
Sardine fishing
Producer
Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.
Rochers de la vierge (Biarritz)
Director
"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers
Carmaux, chargement du coke
Producer
Women hauling coke in wheelbarrows.
A Heavy Sea
Producer
The rough sea crashing upon rocks.
Retour d’une promenade en mer
Director
A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.
Retour d’une promenade en mer
Producer
A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.
Marché
Director
Marché
Producer
Embarquement pour la promenade
Producer
Two women and a man come aboard a small boat. On the dock, friends and family are waving goodbye, until the boat moves out of focus.
Embarquement pour la promenade
Director
Two women and a man come aboard a small boat. On the dock, friends and family are waving goodbye, until the boat moves out of focus.
Concert
Director
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
A Barc at the Sea
Director
A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.
A Barc at the Sea
Producer
A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.
Ateliers de La Ciotat
Producer
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
Concert
Producer
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
Pêcheurs raccommodant les filets
Producer
Fishermen, sitting by a boat, are mending nets.
Embarquement des filets de pêche
Producer
Review of U.S. Military
Producer
A short clip of United States military on horses
Boats in the New York Harbor
Producer
A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor
Poultry-Yard
Producer
Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock of about 50 domesticated ducks. A woman watches them briefly and then moves on. The older girl has her grain in a bucket, the younger one's grain is in her apron. The children stay in one spot, as does the camera; it's the ducks that move around. Chickens are in the background; only one braves the ducks' territory.
Discussion
Producer
Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.
Fishing for Goldfish
Producer
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.
The Sea
Producer
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
The Blacksmiths
Producer
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water, causing a cloud of vapor in the process.
Jumping the Blanket
Producer
Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump into the blanket.
Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
Producer
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
Baby's Meal
Producer
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
Fishing for Goldfish
Himself (uncredited)
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.
Baby's Meal
Himself
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
Producer
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
Himself
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
The Sprinkler Sprinkled
Producer
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Producer
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.
The Mechanical Butcher
Producer
A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already packaged for sale.
Boat Leaving the Port
Producer
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
Déjeuner du Chat
Producer
A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.
Transformation by Hats
Producer
Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
Le maréchal-ferrant
Producer
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.
Photograph
A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him. Just as the photographer is about to take the picture, the subject gets up to look at the camera more closely. The frustrated photographer soon becomes quite impatient.