Auguste Lumière
Auguste Lumière (1862–1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis invented an animated photographic camera and projection device, the cinematograph, which met with worldwide success.
Chamonix: Le Mauvais Pas
A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.
Le goûter champêtre
A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.
Panorama des quais de la Saône à Lyon pris d'un bateau
Short from (1897)
Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau
Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.
Laveuses sur la rivière
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
Entrée d'une noce à l'église
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
Débarquement
Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.
Douche après le bain
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
Bonne d'enfants et soldat
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
Bains en mer
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
Retour d'une promenade en mer
A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.
Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
Panorama de l'arrivée à Aix-les-Bains pris du train
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
Marseille, la Canebière
Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.
L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Francfort-sur-le-Main, Alter-Marktplatz
The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.
Exercice du sabre (à la Part-Dieu, Lyon)
Short film from (1896)
Dresden, August-Brücke
A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
Danseuses des rues
Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.
Champs-Élysées
A short black and white film which records a street race.
