Le retour, Place de l'Etoile

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

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

Pedestrians, carts and trams traffic, on Whitehall Street in New York.

Short movie where a little old man trying to get up from the toilet. He gets a helping hand.

An early short film from the Lumière brothers.

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

Carriages and crowds cross a grassy area.

1905 short film showing people walking down a Ljutomeru street after mass.

New York, travelers descent of the Brooklyn Bridge

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

Within a printing (printing a test).

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

Footage of a bullfight, shot by Hill in 1934, hand-painted by the artist three decades later.

Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running.

Paris seen from a boat, in this Lumière short film.

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 young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

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

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