Louis Lumière Movies

19th century carnival ride.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they...

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.

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...

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

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...

Small glimpse of Paris city life.

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

View of the Westminster Bridge.

Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him....

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

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

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by...