Societe Lumiere Movies

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

Several companies of soldiers parade on foot in front of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial...

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

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Panoramic view of the docks, the city and a pontoon bridge.

On a street, a man greets passers-by and welcomes two cyclists and three horse riders who stop along the sidewalk.

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.

View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC.

Two housemaids, arguing, start to fight : a houseboy steps in to separate them, and in doing so becomes their target and is literally torn apart....