Societe Lumiere Movies

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is...

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

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

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

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

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

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

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

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

Traffic of pedestrians, carts and trams on a Washington avenue.

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

A fixed camera gets images of traffic and passers-by in Vienna's chic thoroughfare, popularly known as Ringstrasse (The Ring), at a junction with...

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

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