Lumiere Movies
- 1896
New York, Broadway
New York, Broadway5.41896HD
A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.
- 1896
Voltige
Voltige5.61896HD
Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895.
- 1897
Boxers in Barrels
Boxers in Barrels3.71897HD
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
- 1896
Poultry-Yard
Poultry-Yard4.21896HD
Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock o...
- 1896
Départ de cyclistes
Départ de cyclistes4.8181896HD
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
- 1899
The Kremos: Perilous Jumps
The Kremos: Perilous Jumps5.21899HD
A group of highly skilled acrobats perform.
- 1896
Washing Day in Switzerland
Washing Day in Switzerland5.21896HD
Women and infants do laundry in this promotional film for Sunlight soap.
- 1899
Opium Den
Opium Den5.71899HD
A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).
- 1903
Algiers-Koléa Line: Tunnel of Point Pescade
Algiers-Koléa Line: Tunnel of Point Pescade21903HD
- 1900
Revue à Longchamp : défilé de la Garde Républicaine et des pompiers
Revue à Longchamp : défilé de la Garde Républicaine et des pompiers4.91900HD
A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.
- 1896
New York, Whitehall Street
New York, Whitehall Street4.81896HD
Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.
- 1896
Bal d'enfants
Bal d'enfants5.51896HD
A group of ten infant girls are on a playground. They are in pairs, matched in height. They are doing an organised dance. Each pair twirls simultaneou...
- 1899
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women4.61899HD
Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
- 1897
Japanese Sword Fencing
Japanese Sword Fencing4.71897HD
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
- 1896
Dresden, August-Brücke
Dresden, August-Brücke4.91896HD
A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.
- 1896
Horses Bathing
Horses Bathing4.61896HD
Mexican vaqueros (cattle herders) in Guadalajara guide their horses through water.
- 1897
Caravane de chameaux
Caravane de chameaux4.51897HD
- 1897
Entrée d'une noce à l'église
Entrée d'une noce à l'église4.81897HD
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
- 1896
Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin [Moscow]
Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin [Moscow]4.61896HD
The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.
- 1897
Belfast, exercices de sauvetage
Belfast, exercices de sauvetage4.71897HD
Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.