Louis Lumière Movies

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

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

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

At the launch of a ship, of which we can only see the hull, the audience moves aside.

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...

Stairs from the Pont de l'Alma.

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

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

A shot of traffic, Place de Brouckère in Bruxelles.

In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a...

Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.