Louis Lumière Movies

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along...

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already...

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

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

A short documentary clip released by Pathé Frères.

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.

A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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

The 1900 Paris World's Fair as seen from Trocadéro.

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to...

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot...

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of...

Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock...

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...

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

The second Kremo family acrobat film for the Lumiere. Involves one gag in which the adult is simultaeously flipping two children with his legs.

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.