Cinematic Era: 1896 Vintage

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

A Berlin street scene.

Short of the Tuileries.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Two women and a man come aboard a small boat. On the dock, friends and family are waving goodbye, until the boat moves out of focus.

Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.

Campinos on horseback drive small herds of cattle through the vast area of the traditional fair, before prospective buyers.

A Lumière Brothers film showing a street scene in Budapest.

Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, resulting in the lady taking an unexpected bath. The father then appears and chastises the youthful culprit. One of the best films ever made.

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests entering a carriage, parade of troops and carriages, Nicholas II and his wife empress Alexandra Feodorovna descending the Kremlin Red Staircase, procession of the newly crowned Emperor and his wife under the baldacchino, guests from the Asian parts of the Russian Empire.

A view from across the landing at Coney Island as a boat shoots down the track. "Shooting the Chutes" sign can be seen in the background.

Southwark Fire Station: After being alerted, firefighters rush out of the station.

Governor Thomas Lord Brassey and his entourage walk past, under the watchful eye of the police and the cheers of the crowd.

A friendly card game goes sour fast.

large-format film theatrically released by a then-major studio and not in any sense "chronophotography" or whatever tmdb moderators think they're purging from their books.

"A mother walks her baby in a small child's car, then puts him down and moves away a little by calling the baby who takes his first steps to join his mother."

This short Lumière actuality captures Prince Napoléon of Russia dancing with a stage showgirl, his chosen “dame.” A curious blend of aristocracy and popular entertainment, the film juxtaposes royal elegance with the theatrical flair of the dance hall, offering both spectacle and a touch of scandal for contemporary audiences.

Life and activity at Alexanderplatz, among other places.

An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on Biograph’s programs in London and Paris, as well as various locations in the U.S. Edison’s almost identical version, A Morning Bath, was made a few weeks after this was first shown.

The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

Short film from 1896.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

An early Algerian film depicting donkeys

This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville flipbook.)

Parade of hunters and Spahis.

Working men and women leave the Lumière factory, through the main gate. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the second remake "no horse" version.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Lumiere street scene.

Lumiere panorama shot.

Men walk by as a dog lays about. Just out of view, a crippled man is begging for money.

A street scene from Spain.

Procession on a Budapest street.

Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.

A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.