Louis Lumière Movies

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal...

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

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

Women getting onto a rickshaw.

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

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

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the...

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Short from 1896.

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

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

Different species of fish and frogs, inside an aquarium.

A group of riders demonstrate equestrian vaulting, or voltige, on the outskirts of Prague.

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

American Indians dancing.

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