"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it." -Edison film catalog.
Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.
People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
A Lumière Brothers short film.
Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
Traditional dance to a flute tune.
Footage from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900.
Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.
Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. During a battle between Foottit and Chocolat, the latter, who received a slap, plays dead; a stretcher is brought in to carry it away, but the prankster passes under it and happily performs a few gambols while the carriers believe they are carrying away a corpse.”
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.
Filming of a character sketch by the well-known vaudevillian Charles E. Grapewin. On a bare stage backed by a dark curtain, a man dressed in a three-piece suit and overcoat holds a racing program and excitedly watches a race supposedly taking place offstage.
Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.
A Chinese dragon parade.
The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of speed. At this instant the audience is appalled at the sight of a second train rushing out of the tunnel. Both trains are on the same track and traveling toward each other at a high rate of speed. They collide. Cars and engines are smashed into fragments and thrown down the steep incline. (Edison Catalog)
