Louis Lumière Movies

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.

A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

Within a printing (printing a test).

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône...

The first travelling shot.

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to...

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