Louis Lumière Movies

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

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

Tennis match between two women and a man.

A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.

"These four views [cf. Nos. 794 to 797] were taken by riverboat; they represent the most interesting parts of the crossing of Paris. "Panorama of the...

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Nimes, leaving the church.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

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

A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.

Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock...

A man films people passing through a gate.

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