Louis Lumière Movies

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

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

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

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb...

A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.

A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

An early short film from the Lumière brothers.

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.

A girl in a Sevillian dress dances to the sound of music played a couple of men at the "Féria Sevillanos" [sic] during the Exposition...

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...

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...

A short black and white film by the Lumiere brothers which captures the crowd at the Cologne Cathedral after the main religious services.

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...