Société Lumière

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

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

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

People dismount and mount a gondola.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto decides to get involved.

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.