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Browse 135 movies from Société Lumière
Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.
Dec 1902
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
Jul 1897
Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.
Aug 1896
A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
Sep 1896
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
Mar 1897
A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.
Aug 1902
Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
Nov 1900
View of the German and Italian royal processions, at the iron mines of Monteponi.
Apr 1899
Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet
Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is played. It is now time for Harlequin to play his tricks.
Jun 1902
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.
Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.
Dec 1896
Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.
May 1899