Louis Lumière Movies

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

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

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.

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

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with her bare hands.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

Game of marbles between four or five boys.

Children dig for clams on the beach