Louis Lumière Movies

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets...

A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.

A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls...

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

Short of the Tuileries.

At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they...

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

Herding cows

The launching of the ship Varèse in Livourne.

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.

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

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