Louis Lumière Movies

The product of the mind of a jokester. The mind of a director, too. Props and gags, slow rhythm like Laurel and Hardy, and conscientious actors who...

"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...

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

Street scene shot from a balloon.

A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls...

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Traditional dance to a flute tune.

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

View of a group of Milanese rowers. The video was made by the operator Giuseppe Filippi, the official dealer of the Lumière Brothers for the...

Workers fill in a large hole left by an uprooted tree, while others pick up ropes.

Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée.

Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.

Nimes, leaving the church.

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

Louis Daguerre invented the image, Louis Lumière was the first filmmaker. The rest is language.