Auguste Lumière Movies

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

Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.

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

Game of marbles between four or five boys.

Dragoons split into two lines and dismount.

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting;...

Using a wide-brimmed hat, Félicien Trewey caricatures several personalities and different types of characters: Bruant, Edward III of England,...

Heavy traffic of pedestrians, trams and cars on a street.

Traffic of pedestrians, trams, horse-drawn carriages and carts at the intersection of two streets.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic in a square.

Pedestrian traffic in a square.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

A Chinese dragon parade.

“The scene depicts the collapse of a section of wall in a factory.” As workers carry away wheelbarrows of rubble, a wall tips over and...