Louis Lumière Movies

Skating scene.

Three older men, wearing hats and smoking cigars, are sitting at a patio. Two of the men are playing cards at a table while the third man sits...

A bird buzzes around a mustached man interrupting his meal.

Short from (1897)

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

A shot of traffic in front of Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles.

Pelicans move

A viewer can visit the whole world in a cinema or revisit historic moments. This industry was born thanks to the Lumière brothers, who...

A crowd of young children dance around.

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

Algiers, place du Gouvernement (now place des Martyrs): panorama of a square and its traffic (seen from a tramway)