Louis Lumière Movies

In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and...

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

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 short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.

A long line of nurses pushing carts with their babies enter from the far right, cross a garden in front of the large nursery home, and leave by the...

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Film shot from a ship at sea.

19th century carnival ride.

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

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...

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones...

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