Auguste Lumière Movies

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

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the...

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...

A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.

As people board boats, the steamboat "France" is about to dock.

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

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

A roller skater performs a series of eccentric exercises.

Dragoons, riding bareback on their horses, wade into a river and reach the other side.

An astonishing attempt to park a car.

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

A man dons different wigs in order to transform himself successively into various characters.

People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.