Louis Lumière Movies

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau :...

An early Kinora demonstration film.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé...

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...

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and...