Société Lumière

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

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

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the first remake.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too good to be true?

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and steals her jewelry box. The woman calls for help, a police officer steps in and starts to chase the thief.

A magician enters a café and sets about introducing his act, but a waiter interferes and throws him out the door. Disgruntled, the magician decides to take revenge, and he has more than one trick up his sleeve.

Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

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

Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.

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

The scene takes place outside a café. Two workers are desperate to be served drinks, and the owner is forced to call in a policeman, who has great difficulty in expelling the two drunks.

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

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

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

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