Films produced by Societe Lumiere

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too...

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

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

Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.

Several companies of soldiers parade on foot in front of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial...

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

Tennis match between two women and a man.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

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

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.