Poursuite sur les toits (1898)

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

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

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

This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters, where he dismounts and walks into his tent. This view was taken in the camp with the Rough Riders, and is an excellent picture of Col. Roosevelt in the environment he loves so well.

A royal wedding procession.

A view taken on the West Side drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival.

Sailors training with swords.

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

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

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

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

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

Here is a freight train of thirty cars loaded with baggage and ambulance supplies for the 9th U.S. Cavalry.

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

We see a dozen or so Cubans walking a plank onto a ship.

A bout between a tall man and a dwarf.

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