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, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

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

Italian and German sovereigns, Umberto I and Margherita of Savoy, Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, walking down the stairs and boarding two gondolas.

The scene takes place outside a café. Two workers are desperate to be served drinks, and the owner is forced to call in a policeman, who has great difficulty in expelling the two drunks.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.

A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and all fire their weapons repeatedly.

Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.

A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial procession approaching the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin. As the crowd advances, a company of guards escorts the imperial dais while the Tsar and Tsarina make their way into the church. An early actuality offering rare moving-image documentation of a major royal ritual.

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

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.

Two gondolas, slowly approaching, dock along the wharf, and both Italian and German sovereigns disembark: Umberto I accompanied by Wilhelm II, and Margherita of Savoy accompanied by Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

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

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

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