Société Lumière

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

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

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

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

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

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

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

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.

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

A group of four children, circle dancing.

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

Panorama of the battleship "Brennus" flagship of the French fleet

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

Panorama of a mountainside railroad.

Two children, playing in the garden, with a dog and a cat.

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.