Louis Lumière Movies

Pelicans move

Mexicans lassoing a horse.

Dramatic view of an oil well fire in Baku.

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Game of marbles between four or five boys.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

Filmed in 1896 by the Lumière brothers, this short actuality captures a dramatic cavalry charge by cuirassiers — heavily armed horsemen...

The first of two Lumiere wall demo films. As workers carry wheelbarrows full of rubble away, a wall tips over and collapses in a cloud of dust. The...

A short black and white film by the Lumiere brothers which captures the crowd at the Cologne Cathedral after the main religious services.

Arrival of Commander Marchand at Military Circle in Paris.

A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.