All Films

Lyon, travaux au canal de Jonage: Machine à damer

1897 • 1 min • France

A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône river, which was built in order to supply the hydroelectric plant of Cusset.

Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa

1897 • 2 min • Venezuela

The first Venezuelan film. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Zulia on 28 January 1897 as the second in a film block of four; the block also featured another film from Maracaibo.

Débarquement

1897 • 1 min • France

Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.

Burla al marito (II)

1897 • 1 min • Italy

Leopoldo Fregoli kissing a lady.

Firing the Maxim Gun

1897 • 1 min • United Kingdom

"Sir Hiram Maxim, in person, firing at targets with one of his latest type rapid-fire guns.

Has He Hit Me?

1897 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't.

Sortie d'usine, [IV]

1897 • 1 min • France

Workers leaving the Lumière factory.

Carnaval, [VI]

1897 • 1 min • France

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

Arroseur et arrosé, III

1897 • 1 min • France

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 from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the third version.

Carnaval, [V]

1897 • 1 min • France

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

French Military School Exercise

1897 • 1 min • France, United Kingdom

Men run a training course

Fregoli in palcoscenico ovvero Fregoli barbiere maldestro

1897 • 1 min • Italy

Barber shop skit with Leopoldo Fregoli.

Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo

1897 • 4 min • Venezuela

The second Venezuelan film produced. It was screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 28 January 1897. The film shows a group of young people enjoying the Lake.

Serpentine Dance

1897 • 1 min • France

Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).

Passage de la Marne par les chevaux du 28e Dragons

1897 • 1 min • France

This Pathe actuality of men and horses fording the Marne.

Le Président Félix Faure aux courses

1897 • 1 min • France

Clip showing president François Félix Faure and entourage walking the street.

Danse des Ciociari

1897 • 1 min • France

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their traditional dance. The Ciociari are the inhabitants of Ciociaria, a region in the south east of Rome.

Paysans à Paris

1897 • 1 min • France

A comedy skit with drinking and animal tricks.

La bandera argentina

1897 • 3 min • Argentina

The Argentinian flag waving at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Currently a lost film.

Place de la Concorde (vue prise du côté ouest)

1897 • 1 min • France

Paris, mi-carême : char de la reine des reines

1897 • 1 min • France

Lourdes, transporting the sick, II

1897 • 1 min • France

Patients on stretchers are lifted off a cart and carried toward the shrine at Lourdes.

Place de la Concorde

1897 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and elegant equipages drive by.

A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies

1897 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Roma families eat, drink, dance, and play