Louis Lumière Movies

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

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

One reel containing actuality footage of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street). Some of the earliest known film footage of Ireland.

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

A French family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.