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Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their traditional dance. The Ciociari are the inhabitants of Ciociaria, a region in the south east of Rome.

Small glimpse of city life in Jerusalem.

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

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

"These rocks, near Biarritz, are very well known. The scene shows the rough sea hitting their feet. There are no characters."

Ellen von Unwerth, a legendary fashion photographer, was able to slip backstage at the Azzedine Alaïa Fall Winter 1990 show. Supermodels such as Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen play and reveal themselves under the photographer’s lens.

At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.

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.

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's been loaded onto the open deck. Three men climb down from atop the boiler and then remove their ladder. Four or five other workers tie the boiler down to the deck. Their pace is leisurely. In the background is a busy harbor.

An all-access tour behind the scenes at France’s premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how successful candidates get to follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as Louis Malle, François Ozon and Alain Resnais, all of whom attended this prestigious institution. Stumbling over their words, the often-nervous candidates seem vulnerable when confronted with the veterans of the industry, who have the difficult task of discovering true talent among all these eager young people.

Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary. Horsemen and men on foot parade, all dressed in historic uniforms.

A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

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

Short film from (1896)

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.

Lyon, Tête d'Or Park: the warden feeds swans.

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

3 women dance

Nature is an inexhaustible source of knowledge. After 3 billion years of evolution, it has created amazing mechanisms, even at a microscopic level, that allow plants and animals around us to protect themselves, to grow, to move or to face the attacks of the elements. This "nanoworld" questions our imagination with its beauty and intelligence. Scientists have finally managed to unravel its mysteries, thanks to photonics. Let’s take an unprecedented journey into this other dimension, in which nature-inspired solutions are found to meet the meet the ecological and climatic challenges that threaten us.

Coach W. Hickenbotham takes "Newhaven" out of his box and places the horse at the center of the paddock. Gardiner, the jockey, saddles up the horse, rides it and begins to spin, slowly.

Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.

Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.

Making-off from The Big Blue movie

A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.

Zora has no complaints about her husband, except that he gave her 20 children in 20 years! Kheira, who was married at 13, recounts her story through tears: the young grandmother remembers the years she spent fighting to get back the son her first husband took away from her. These touching portraits of Algerian women were filmed in Marseille.

Has the time of women finally come? Have their everyday lives truly changed over the past sixty years? Guided by Agnès Jaoui, women—famous and unknown—share their stories across generations. From childhood to retirement, the documentary traces shared experiences shaped by prejudice, but also by hope, strength, and humor. Blending personal archives, historic moments, and social media footage, the film places women at the center of their own story. Welcome to the Time of Women.

A documentary about French naturism with some perspectives from Germany. The film includes discussion on the history of French naturism; distinctions between naturism and nudism; nudism in various historical, social, cultural and political contexts; and personal shares from many individuals. Naturists from a wide age range, young children to adults in their 80s, speak to how naturism supports self-acceptance, acceptance of others, deep meaninful relationships, wellness and vitality.

In 2007, Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan took a break and co-created In-I, an original performance that toured the world. Today, Juliette Binoche revisits that exhilarating journey. Through unfamiliar images, she reflects on creation, its challenges, and the personal transformation it brings as a filmmaker.

People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.

This documentary revisits the French football team's controversial 2010 World Cup and the bus strike that sparked global headlines and national outrage.

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

Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari.

Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.

Early water rollercoaster-type ride.