All Films

Le Caire, Kasr-el-Nil

1897 • 1 min • France

Liverpool, Lime Street

1897 • 1 min • France

Street scene in Liverpool.

Bruxelles, Sainte-Gudule

1897 • 1 min • France

A shot of traffic, Sainte-Gudule in Bruxelles.

Le Caire, un enterrement

1897 • 1 min • France

A funeral parade in Cairo.

Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach

1897 • 1 min • France

Another street scene of daily life.

Liverpool, Church Street

1897 • 1 min • United Kingdom

More 19th century city life.

Bethléem, une place

1897 • 1 min • France

This street scene from Bethlehem shows a crowd of locals jumping on something in the middle of camera range. What are they seeking? The implication seems to be that they are beggars jumping on a handful of alms tossed onto the spot and the effect is simultaneously funny and sad.

Arrivée de la garde au palais royal, I

1897 • 1 min

Jérusalem : la Voie douloureuse et entrée du Saint-Sépulcre

1897 • 2 min

Seminary Girls

1897 • 1 min • United States of America

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.

After the Ball

1897 • 1 min • France

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

Une partie de lawn-tennis II

1897 • 1 min • France

A group of friends playing tennis.

Belfast, Pompiers : Alerte

1897 • 1 min • France, Ireland

Firefighters at work in Belfast.

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise

1897 • 1 min • France

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

1897 • 1 min • France

Panoramic view of Constantinople.

Procession of the sacred carpet

1897 • 1 min • Egypt, France

Procession of the sacred carpet.

Barrage du Nil

1897 • 1 min • France

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

Garde descendante du Palais Saint James

1897 • 1 min

Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer (collines)

1897 • 1 min • France

Entrée du château dans le vieux Stockholm

1897 • 2 min • France

Descent of the Great Pyramid

1897 • 1 min • France

Descent of the Great Pyramid.

Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre

1897 • 1 min • France

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

1897 • 1 min • France

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, I

1897 • 1 min • France

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.