Louis Lumière Movies

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

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

A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and...

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...