Louis Lumière Movies

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Cyclists and horse riders arriving at the cottage (1896)

Working men and women leave the Lumière factory, through the main gate. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the second remake...

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Herding cows

Film shot from a ship at sea.

A short black and white film by the Lumiere brothers which captures the crowd at the Cologne Cathedral after the main religious services.

Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.

Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

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

Sailors training with swords.

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

Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.