Louis Lumière Movies

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...

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...

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...

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

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...

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

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...

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...

Children dig for clams on the beach

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

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.

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...