Tigers at the Zoo

Teasing tigers with meat.

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, la reine

Another parade film from the Lumiere company.

Football

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Cairo, Artillery Parade

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé de l’artillerie turque"

Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

Beyrouth, place des canons

Beirut: place cannons.

La défense du drapeau

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

Panorama du port d'Alger

Panorama of the port of Algiers.

Descent of the Great Pyramid

Descent of the Great Pyramid.

New York: Broadway at Union Square

Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

VI. La cène

The Last Supper, part 6 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play.

Belfast, exercices de sauvetage

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.

X. La mise en croix

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

Puerta del Sol

A street scene from Spain.

Le Caire, un enterrement

A funeral parade in Cairo.

Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

Arab Cortege, Geneva

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attended by men with horns and drums. Coming in the other direction are local Swiss, who pay little attention, and a group of native-garbed Africans. The dozen or so well-dressed denizens of Geneva who are sitting on the steps of the Divan take it all in.