Louis Lumière
Louis Daguerre invented the image, Louis Lumière was the first filmmaker. The rest is language.
Himself (archive footage)
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
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
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A remake of L'Arrivée d'un Train made with a stereoscopic film camera, exhibited along with a series of other 3D shorts by Louis Lumière at a 1934 meeting of the French Academy of Science.
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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.
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A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.
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Worker women carrying baskets.
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Continuation of the previous one.” [cf. n ° 27] Panorama of the quays and the city.
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Exotic street scene with men riding camels.
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Panorama of the port of Algiers.
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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?
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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?
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Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.
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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.
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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?
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A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.
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A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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A magician performs various tricks.
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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.
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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.
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Lost film from 1892, directed by Louis Lumière and starring King Edward VII.
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The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.
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A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.
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A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.
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Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.
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An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)
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Hustle and bustle on the beach, and walkers on the dike.
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A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.
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Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.
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A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.
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A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.
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Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.
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Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
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Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
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Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
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Marquesas in their sedan chairs.
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Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.
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The launching of the ship Varèse in Livourne.
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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.”
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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.
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A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.
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Stairs from the Pont de l'Alma.
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People riding on a moving platform / walkway.
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A girl in a Sevillian dress dances to the sound of music played a couple of men at the "Féria Sevillanos" [sic] during the Exposition Universelle de Paris - though she does not look a real Sevillian dancer.
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First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.
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Aboard the 'Tonkin' - jumping rope.
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People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.
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Traditional dance to a flute tune.
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Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.
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Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.
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Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
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Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
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A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.
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Passengers travelling in litters in the French protectorate of Annam
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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.
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A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.
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A Lumière Brothers short film.
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A short film
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A Chinese dragon parade.
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Shot both on and from an elevated electric train.
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With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones at the rump of the horse to get it to move. Various toreadors run past the bull to try to get him to charge or at least run about.
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A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
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A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
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George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.
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The 1900 Paris World's Fair as seen from Trocadéro.
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Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.
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With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones at the rump of the horse to get it to move. Various toreadors run past the bull to try to get him to charge or at least run about.
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Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.
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Local workers climb the slope pushing carts.
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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.
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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.
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A fishing boat is tossed by a rough sea off the coast of Italy.
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Within a printing (printing a test).
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The quadrille enter the arena with alguazils leading the paseíllo.
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The king of Cambodia visits a palace.
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View of the audience, following the launch of a ship.
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A kitten plays with a small piece of wood attached to a string.
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A kitten plays with a small piece of wood attached to a string.
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Film shot from a ship at sea.
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A short film
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Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.
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Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.
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A procession of automobiles.
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Street scene: Arch de Triumph.
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One minute clip of the famous Paris boulevard.
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Street scene: Arch de Triumph.
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An early short film from the Lumière brothers.
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A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.
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A group of acrobats form human pyramids.
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People resting and walking on the beach.
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Shot of rocks being swept by the sea.
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Pedestrians and cars traffic in Biarritz.
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Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.
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A short film from the Lumière brothers showing crowds walking.
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Parade of shepherds leading their flock in the street.
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Parade of mountaineers and shepherds guiding their flocks in a street.
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Panorama of a mountainside railroad.
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Panorama of a mountainside railroad.
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Four mountaineers descend a snow-covered mountain.
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An acrobatic act.
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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.
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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.
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Asian remake of Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory, apparently.
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Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
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A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).
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Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.
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A man films people passing through a gate.
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Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.
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Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari.
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View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.
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Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.
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Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet
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This view represents the passage of a decorated chariot; The many spectators fight with confetti.
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The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.
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A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.
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A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.
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A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.
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A group of riders demonstrate equestrian vaulting, or voltige, on the outskirts of Prague.
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Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Louis Lumière
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Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.
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The Last Supper, part 6 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play.
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A group of children in a pillow fight.
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A group of children in a pillow fight.
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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.
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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.
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The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play
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Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
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Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
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A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.
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Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.
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A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.
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A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.
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Women getting onto a rickshaw.
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Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.
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American Indians dancing.
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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".
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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)
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The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
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A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
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President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.
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Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.
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An oddly routed parade.
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An oddly routed parade.
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Short film from 1897
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A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.
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Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
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Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
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"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.
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"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.
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Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.
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Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.
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Sailors training with swords.
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Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.
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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)
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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.
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The view represents a street in Paris along which pumps descend drawn by horses; the crowd follows en masse.
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A group of four children, circle dancing.
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A group of four children, circle dancing.
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Early silent film
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Carrara, Italy. A train loaded with marble exits a tunnel.
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Cow herding.
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One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.
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Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.
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A military horseback riding event from 1897.
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Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.
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African men dance, sing and play instruments.
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Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
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Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
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Tennis match between two women and a man.
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Tennis match between two women and a man.
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Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.
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The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
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Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.
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Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.
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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.
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In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.
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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.
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Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
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Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
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In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.
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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.
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Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.
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Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).
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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.
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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.
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One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.
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Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.
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A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.
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A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location.
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This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.
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As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.
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Children enjoying the seaside.
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Children enjoying the seaside.
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Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
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Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
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A shot of traffic, Sainte-Gudule in Bruxelles.
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A shot of traffic, Place de Brouckère in Bruxelles.
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A shot of traffic in front of Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles.
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Another street scene of daily life.
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The main market square in the heart of Brussels.
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Also known as 'Un incendie à Dublin I', 'Crowds Watch City Fire Brigade' and 'Crowds Watch Dublin Fire Brigade.' Lumiere Catalog no. 710.
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Firefighters at work in Belfast.
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A street scene in Belfast showing several horse-drawn omnibuses.
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Another critically acclaimed Lumiere street scene.
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Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.
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Lumière Catalogue No. 705. A view of the warehouses and docks taken from a local train in Liverpool, ending at the Princess Dock station.
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A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.
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Clarence Dock
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Liverpool, the sparse. Boats in Liverpool.
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Street scene in Liverpool.
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More 19th century city life.
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Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
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Another parade film from the Lumiere company.
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Short film from (1897)
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A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.
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A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.
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A shot of a street in Lyon, people passing, horses etc
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A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.
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Small glimpse of Paris city life.
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A shot of a street in Lyon, people passing, horses etc
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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.
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A group of friends playing tennis.
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A fight breaks out between two men in medieval Stockholm, Sweden.
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A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
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A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.
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The Swedish Royal family arrives at the General Art and Industrial Exposition at Djurgården in Stockholm on 15 May 1897.
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Panoramic view of Constantinople.
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Panorama of Constantinople from the river.
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Early water rollercoaster-type ride.
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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.
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Beirut: place cannons.
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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.
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The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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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.
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Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.
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Silent film.
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Silent film.
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After a picador tries in vain to bite the bull, several cape passes are performed. Then, the bull gores several horses.
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After a picador tries in vain to bite the bull, several cape passes are performed. Then, the bull gores several horses.
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Large group of couples dancing.
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Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.
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An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé de l’artillerie turque"
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A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.
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Descent of the Great Pyramid.
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A man trots around on a horse for the camera.
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A man trots around on a horse for the camera.
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Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.
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A magician performs a few tricks.
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A magician performs a few tricks.
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Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
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Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
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Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
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Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
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A steam roller equalizes the ground along a railroad track.
The Canal de Jonage in France.
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Short from (1897)
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Short from (1897)
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[…] 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)
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[…] 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)
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A funeral parade in Cairo.
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Procession of the sacred carpet.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
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A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.
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Uniformed men march in step, in widely spaced ranks of each other.
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Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.
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Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.
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Elena of Montenegro and Victor Emmanuel III, followed by their escort.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]](https://moviedb.kr/index.php/image/w500/yARDUQx4Ltrel6jZpkQklnyuUv2.jpg)
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Workers leaving the Lumière factory.
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Workers leaving the Lumière factory.
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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.
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The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.
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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.
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A Roman street scene from the Lumière Brothers.
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Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.
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Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.
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Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.
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A Japanese family having tea.
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A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.
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In a field, three women are using pitchforks in order to feed a small fire with weeds.
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One reel containing actuality footage of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street). Some of the earliest known film footage of Ireland.
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A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
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A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
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Lumière's documents life in Palestine.
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The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.
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The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.
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A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.
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Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.
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Short from (1897)
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Porters bring goods into a warehouse.
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Another street scene from the Lumiere company
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A street scene with a government building in the background.
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An early Algerian film depicting donkeys
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A short clip from the Lumière Brothers.
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Based on a real event that occurred between two deputies, in Chapultepec Park.
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Angelic and demonic serpentine dances from dawn of cinema. The dancer is Loie Fuller; the pioneer modern dancer. Recorded in Paris, and hand-colored frame by frame.
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King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.
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A Paris street scene.
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A Paris street scene.
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A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.
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A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.
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Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.
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The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
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Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.
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The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
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Children dig for clams on the beach
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Show of Mexican ranchers catching cows.
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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.
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Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.
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Nimes, leaving the church.
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Nimes, leaving the church.
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A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls simultaneously, while all five pairs rotate in a circular sequence. They often stop their circular rotation so that each pair can perform the same manoeuvre as the other four simultaneously. (IMDb)
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Firefighters at the scene lay out hoses and prepare to fight a blaze.
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Firefighters at the scene lay out hoses and prepare to fight a blaze.
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Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.
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Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.
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The first travelling shot.
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Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.
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A royal wedding procession.
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Mexicans doing a rodeo.
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Mexicans lassoing a horse.
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A cockfight.
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A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.
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Herding cows
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Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.
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A friendly card game goes sour fast.
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A friendly card game goes sour fast.
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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.
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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.
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Turcos regiment parade.
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Documentary of Paris.
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Dragons escorting officers on horseback.
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Documentary of Paris.
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A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.
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Dragon Parade, then passage of several carriages.
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Parade of hunters and Spahis.
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Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by horsemen.
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Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.
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Game of marbles between four or five boys.
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Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.
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Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.
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Game of marbles between four or five boys.
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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.
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Rollerskating in Central Park.
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New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge
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A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.
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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.
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Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.
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Brooklyn, Fulton Street
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Lumiere street scene.
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Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.
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A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.
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Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.
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Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.
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A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.
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A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.
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Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.
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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.
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A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.
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Boston, Commercial Street.
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A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
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A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
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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.
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Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.
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Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.
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Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.
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Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.
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The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.
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A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.
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A family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.
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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.
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A family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.
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A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.
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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.
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Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.
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Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.
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A Berlin street scene.
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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).
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Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
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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)
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A Berlin street scene.
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Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
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Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
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Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
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Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.
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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
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Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.
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Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.
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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
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A view of Piccadilly Circus in London.
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Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.
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A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
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A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
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Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.
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Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.
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A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.
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A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.
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People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.
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A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.
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People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.
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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.
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Teasing tigers with meat.
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Pelicans move
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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.
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Short about parading troops in Mexico.
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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.
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Bains sur le Rhône short film from 1896 by Louis Lumière.
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Short made in Mexico
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Short made in Mexico.
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A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.
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Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.
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A crowd of young children dance around.
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A crowd of young children dance around.
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A large wedding procession.
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A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.
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A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.
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A parade with large floats. One stops in front of the camera.
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At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
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An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.
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An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.
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A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.
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At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
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A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.
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A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.
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Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.
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Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.
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street scenes of Vienna available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBCDQVM5t2w
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Shot of Venice from the Canal.
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Short film from (1896)
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Short film from (1896)
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Short from 1896.
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People dismount and mount a gondola.
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Short from (1896)
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People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.
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A street scene from Spain.
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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.
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Matadors exiting carriages in Madrid.
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Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.
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A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
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A Lumière Brothers film showing a street scene in Budapest.
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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.
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Procession on a Budapest street.
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Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.
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Cuirassiers charge the camera on horseback.
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Cuirassiers charge the camera on horseback.
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19th century carnival ride.
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19th century carnival ride.
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Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.
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A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.
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A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.
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Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.
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A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.
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While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.
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Passage of three carriages, escorted by lackeys and soldiers.
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Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.
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The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.
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A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.
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Students in Lyon.
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Reception of German Emperor William II in Frankfurt am Main.
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Women and infants do laundry in this promotional film for Sunlight soap.
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Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
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A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.
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Students in Lyon.
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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.
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A man in a diving suit emerges.
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A train arrives in Cologne Central Station and employees and travellers are seen on the platform.
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A short black and white film by the Lumiere brothers which captures the crowd at the Cologne Cathedral after the main religious services.
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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.
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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.
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Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
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A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps.
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A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps.
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Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
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Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
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At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.
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At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.
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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.
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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.
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Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.
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Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.
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A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.
Producer
A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.
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The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.
Producer
The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.
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Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.
Director
Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.
Producer
Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.
Director
Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.
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Short of the Tuileries.
Producer
Short of the Tuileries.
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Executive Producer
A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.
Director of Photography
A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.
Producer
A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.
Director
A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.
Director
A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.
Producer
In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.
Director
In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.
Director
Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.
Director
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
Producer
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
Director
A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.
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Lumiere short
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Lumiere short
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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.
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.
Producer
A street scene in Rome from the Lumière Brothers.
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Producer
A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.
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Producer
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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.
Producer
Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.
Producer
Cyclists and horse riders arriving at the cottage (1896)
Director
Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.
Producer
A steamboat coming to port.
Director
Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they indulge in hair-pulling.
Camera Operator
Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they indulge in hair-pulling.
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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.
Director
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.
Director
Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.
Producer
Static shot of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London.
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View of the Westminster Bridge.
Producer
View of the Westminster Bridge.
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Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
Director
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
Camera Operator
Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.
Camera Operator
Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.
Camera Operator
A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.
Camera Operator
Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table is turned on him.
Producer
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
Director
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
Executive Producer
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
Director of Photography
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
Producer
Jumping the Blanket.
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Jumping the Blanket.
Director
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
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.
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.
Director of Photography
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.
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.
Producer
"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers
Producer
Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.
Director
"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters." Lumiere brothers
Producer
Women hauling coke in wheelbarrows.
Director
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.
Director
Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.
Producer
The rough sea crashing upon rocks.
Producer
A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.
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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.
Director
A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.
Producer
A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.
Producer
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
Director
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
Producer
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
Producer
Fishermen, sitting by a boat, are mending nets.
Director
Fishermen, sitting by a boat, are mending nets.
Producer
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.
Director
A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.
Director
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
Producer
A short clip of United States military on horses
Producer
A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor
Director
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.
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.
Director
Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.
Producer
Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.
Producer
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
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.
Producer
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
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.
Director
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.
Director
In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a black uniform, demonstrates how to mount the horse then encourages and tries to assist a man in white. The man in white keeps falling, and soon it's apparent that he's an putting on a show. His pratfalls become more elaborate and stylish. The horse stands patient. The little groom laughs to see such sport. And finally, the man in white finds a comic accommodation. The story, though brief, has a beginning, middle, and end.
Director
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.
Director
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
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.
Director
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.
Director
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
Director
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.
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.
Producer
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
Director
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
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.
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 original, filmed by Louis Lumière.
Director of Photography
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.
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.
Director
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.
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.
Director
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.
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.
Producer
A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.
Producer
Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
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.
Director
A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets caught red-handed, which results in him closing the game board.
Director
Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.
Director
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.
Director
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.
Director
A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.
Director
Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
Director
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.
