Louis Lumière Movies

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

Another street scene from the Lumiere company

A shot of a street in Lyon, people passing, horses etc

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left)....

A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

A bunch of guys pulling a long rope out of the water, never revealing what its attached to.

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

Game of marbles between four or five boys.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot...

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.