Louis Lumière Movies

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the...

Using an egg, a candle and a flame, a magician makes a rabbit appear in a frying pan, to the great surprise of his assistant and to the applause of a...

Lumiere short

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.

One of Alberto Santos Dumont's dirigibles is led out of a hangar.

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.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

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.