Auguste Lumière Movies

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.

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...

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

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand...

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

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

A street scene from Spain.

Four men tie ropes to a log and then pull it to the shore.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to...

The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.

In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and...

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

Another street scene from the Lumiere company