Auguste Lumière Movies

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

A tramp is run over by a car and dismembered. Helpful passers-by reassemble him.

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand...

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

Herding cows

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

The launching of the ship Varèse in Livourne.

Stairs from the Pont de l'Alma.

Porters bring goods into a warehouse.

Passage of three carriages, escorted by lackeys and soldiers.

Marquesas in their sedan chairs.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

A short film of boats sailing in the New York Harbor

Another street scene of daily life.

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

A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.