Auguste Lumière Movies

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is...

A magician performs various tricks.

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.

A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

Filmed in 1896 by the Lumière brothers, this short actuality captures a dramatic cavalry charge by cuirassiers — heavily armed horsemen...

Children enjoying the seaside.

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

A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.

Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock...

Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. During a battle between Foottit and Chocolat, the latter, who...

A magician enters a café and sets about introducing his act, but a waiter interferes and throws him out the door. Disgruntled, the magician...

Street scene shot from a balloon.

Visitors at a historical fair in the mediaeval city of Dresden.