Louis Lumière Movies

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 male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the...

The first travelling shot.

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

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...

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.

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

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.

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

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

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

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 mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

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

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...

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

Short of the Tuileries.

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.