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A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train leaves Jerusalem.

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

Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor. The scene is an actual one, showing Mr. Edison in working dress engaged in an interesting chemical experiment in his great Laboratory. There is sufficient movement to lead the spectator through the several processes of mixing, pouring, testing, etc. as if he were side by side with the principal. The lights and shadows are vivid, and the apparatus and other accessories complete a startling picture that will appeal to every beholder.” (Edison Catalog)

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds of Clarence House.

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

Short film by Lumière of people disembarking from a boat at the port of nice.

A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's "What Is Seen Through a Keyhole" (1901).

One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are the Emperor and some military and civil dignitaries, who walk on the landing stage of the factory site on the occasion of the launch of the transatlantic speed steamer "Kaiser Wilhelm the Great" a group of spectators. In his memoirs Messter has described the motion picture as "the first good close-up of the Emperor."

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the turret suggests that this view was shot in the vicinity of Saint-Chamond, a town where there are factories specializing in the construction of heavy steel. It is certainly a turret intended for the battleship “Charlemagne”. In addition, a view projected by the Aléthorama on January 20, 1898 in Saint-Étienne, and entitled “Transportation of the armored turret of Saint-Chamond by a team of 80 horses”, could represent the same event.

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.