Auguste Lumière Movies

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

A short film from the Lumière brothers showing crowds walking.

Nimes, leaving the church.

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...

Brooklyn, Fulton Street

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

A man and his balancing dogs.

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.