Auguste Lumière Movies

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

A funeral parade in Cairo.

A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.

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

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

A large wedding procession.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot...

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

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...

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

A view of Piccadilly Circus in London.

People dismount and mount a gondola.

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.