Société Lumière

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

People dismount and mount a gondola.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.

Herding cows

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

Short made in Mexico.

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

A small boat, with three men aboard, is shaken by the backwash.

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

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

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

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

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

A sorcerer conjures an old witch and instructs her to seek a maiden. Said maiden is assigned with the task to lure a young traveler inside the castle. Upon his arrival, said traveler is exposed to all sorts of unpleasant surprises. Trouble ensues.