Louis Lumière Movies

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell...

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

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

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

The rough sea crashing upon rocks.

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the...

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

American Indians dancing.

A Japanese family having tea.

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

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the...

The 1900 Paris World's Fair as seen from Trocadéro.

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

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones...

Children dig for clams on the beach

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.