Auguste Lumière Movies

Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.

A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.

A fixed camera gets images of traffic and passers-by in Vienna's chic thoroughfare, popularly known as Ringstrasse (The Ring), at a junction with...

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

Short made in Mexico.

A French family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

The first recorded moving images of Frankfurt am Main.

People enjoying themselves in a swimming pool.

A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto...

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

First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.