1896 Movies

Students in Lyon.

Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

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

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

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

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, re...

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

Children dig for clams on the beach

Passengers leaving a ship in Lyon.

19th century carnival ride.

Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.