Auguste Lumière Movies

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...

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground,...

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

A group of acrobats form human pyramids.

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...

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

Beirut: place cannons.

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.

A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

Street scene: Arch de Triumph.

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...

Teasing tigers with meat.

Sailors training with swords.