Étienne-Jules Marey Movies

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey...

Chronophotograph record of a ball falling through a soap bubble.

Experimental film of a wave, recorded on the bay of Naples.

Animated stick drawings representing a man walking.

Georges Demenÿ saying “Je vous aime”

Short film of two men fencers

A dog trots.

An early short film recording fencers.

A horse's legs cantering.

A film by Étienne-Jules Marey of a weight lifter, around 1890

Rabbits jump, play and interact with each other in multiple different sequences.

Footage of blood pumping through the body

A naked man running.

A dog is dropped, falls through the air, and lands.

A series of short motion-studies of athletes for the 1900 Olympics in Paris.

A group of men, identified as "Muslims of Saint-Louis," at the Exposition Ethnographique de L'Afrique Occidentale in Paris.

Legs walking.

A horse's hooves stepping.

A cat trotting.