Louis Lumière Movies

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

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

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...

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

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

A grandchild visits his grandparents.

Women getting onto a rickshaw.

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé...

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

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

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Brooklyn, Fulton Street

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