Auguste Lumière Movies

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

Parade of a regiment of Turcos; their band marches at the head.

Pedestrian and tram traffic on the square.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic around the square.

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

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

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

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the earliest traveling shots in cinema. With...

Heavy traffic of pedestrians, trams and cars on a street.

Upon the train's arrival at the station, employees and passengers appear on the platform.

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

Chasseurs Alpins manipulate staffs in a coordinated movement.

Parade of the Prince Carnival float, then of costumed people and horse-drawn carriages.

Children drag their nets on the beach at low tide: the girls, with their skirts raised, compete enthusiastically with the boys in this exercise.