Lumiere Movies

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

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 accomplished...

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they in...

Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of cinema has witnesse...

Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.

Small glimpse of Paris city life.

A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets ca...

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

A funeral parade in Cairo.

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by...

A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls simultaneou...