Dream and Reality

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging ...

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

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

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

A review of the Republican Guard and firemen at Longchamp filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Boys diving into a river.

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

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Incredibly fascinating documentary short that is a truly historic film. We see the actual Titanic leaving for its last voyage and also all the aftermath of the tragedy. We get to view various interest...

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reas...

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

Short of the Tuileries.

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltz...

Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by horsemen.

Walking four abreast, in groups of six rows, 144 of Chicago's finest parade past a stationary camera. Each of the six groups that pass is escorted by an officer. All are men, all are white, all look t...