Auguste Lumière Movies

One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.

This street scene from Bethlehem shows a crowd of locals jumping on something in the middle of camera range. What are they seeking? The implication...

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

Another parade film from the Lumiere company.

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

The quadrille enter the arena with alguazils leading the paseíllo.

Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé...