Movies: Auguste Lumière

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 and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot fro...

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by an officer. All are men, all are white, all look tall, all wear identical high-buttoned uniforms and...

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

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself....

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Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London....

Based on a real event that occurred between two deputies, in Chapultepec Park....

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen....

View of the Westminster Bridge....

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by....

This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly s...

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

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart....

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A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the International Paris Exhibition. The film was shot using a 35mm film on a Lumière cinematograph. Silent m...

Children dig for clams on the beach...

Carriages travel down the Champs Elysée....

A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera....

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées....