Louis Lumière Movies

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table...

Aboard the 'Tonkin' - jumping rope.

A short film from the Lumière brothers showing crowds walking.

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

Short made in Mexico

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

Parade of shepherds leading their flock in the street.

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...

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.

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

A steam roller equalizes the ground along a railroad track. The Canal de Jonage in France.