The Sea

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

The Blacksmiths

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water, causing a cloud of vapor in the process.

Bicyclist

Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.

The Little Girl and Her Cat

A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto the table.

Place du Pont

A shot of a street in Lyon, people passing, horses etc

Les chats boxeurs

Boxing scene between two cats held by their master.

Running of the Bulls

A documentary showing riders driving bulls into an arena. This is one of the origins of the San Fermín festival, best known for its bull run.

Poultry-Yard

Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock of about 50 domesticated ducks. A woman watches them briefly and then moves on. The older girl has her grain in a bucket, the younger one's grain is in her apron. The children stay in one spot, as does the camera; it's the ducks that move around. Chickens are in the background; only one braves the ducks' territory.

Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke

Carmaux is in south-central France, near the Tarn River. As a brick of coke, about four feet high and three feet wide, is gradually pushed out of a smelter into a yard, one worker sprays it with water from a hose while two workers with long metal rakes wait to spread it out. Other workers buzz in and out of the foreground of the stationary camera. Atop the first level of the brick smelter, workers push full carts of coal along a track.

Boxers in Barrels

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

Berlin, Hallesches Thor

A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.

Radeau avec baigneurs

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

Le prince de Galles

Lost film from 1892, directed by Louis Lumière and starring King Edward VII.

Entrée d'une noce à l'église

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

The Arrival of a Train 3D

A remake of L'Arrivée d'un Train en gare de La Ciotat made with a stereoscopic film camera, exhibited along with a series of other 3D shorts by Louis Lumière at a 1935 meeting of the French Academy of Science.

Balançoires

19th century carnival ride.