Auguste Lumière Movies

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already...

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 trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

Within a printing (printing a test).

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

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...

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

The first travelling shot.

Descent of the Great Pyramid.

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the...

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

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

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

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.