Auguste Lumière Movies

Young people are having a sack race between two rows of spectators who are greatly amused by the falls and various adventures of this amusing contest.

Chasseurs Alpins march past with their backs turned, followed by horses loaded with equipment.

A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with her bare hands.

Pedestrian, tram and carriage traffic on the square.

Pelicans frolic around and in a pool. A keeper comes to feed them.

Fishermen, sitting by a boat, mending their nets.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

A crowd of sellers and buyers throngs around the baskets where the fish are stored while two children fish.

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

A Lumière Brothers short film.

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

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.