Movies: Louis Lumière

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 an...

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 ...

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 fro...

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers....

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea....

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 swi...

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Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean....

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets....

Another street scene of daily life....

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 s...

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag....

A Japanese family having tea....

A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her....

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl....

Exotic street scene with men riding camels....

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together....

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

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages....

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...