Auguste Lumière Movies

A magician enters a café and sets about introducing his act, but a waiter interferes and throws him out the door. Disgruntled, the magician...

A short film

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

Several fire-carriages, presumably heading to a fire.

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.

A train arrives in Cologne Central Station and employees and travellers are seen on the platform.

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their...

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