Société Lumière

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

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

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

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

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

A French family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.

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

Herding cows

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

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

People dismount and mount a gondola.

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

Workers leaving the Lumière factory.

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.

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and steals her jewelry box. The woman calls for help, a police officer steps in and starts to chase the thief.

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

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

Short made in Mexico.

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