Louis Lumière Movies

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

19th century carnival ride.

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

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

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by...

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

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

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb...

New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge

The rough sea crashing upon rocks.

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.

People dismount and mount a gondola.

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the...

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.