Louis Lumière

Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

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.

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a carriage drawn by two horses.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

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.

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.

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a carriage drawn by two horses.

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a carriage drawn by two horses.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

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Passengers disembarking in the port of Nice.

Passengers disembarking in the port of Nice.

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)

Movement of pedestrians, cabs, carts and trams at the crossroads of two avenues.

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is played. It is now time for Harlequin to play his tricks.

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the boy lifts his foot; the jet starts up again and the gardener gets water in the face; furious, he runs after the boy and gives him a beating.

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the boy lifts his foot; the jet starts up again and the gardener gets water in the face; furious, he runs after the boy and gives him a beating.

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary. Horsemen and men on foot parade, all dressed in historic uniforms.

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Two duelists, armed with pistols, open fire: one of them is hit and collapses. First aid is given to him, while the other is taken away.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

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No synopsis available yet.

Turcos regiment parade.

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

People waiting in line for, what one can only assume, a Lumiere production.

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

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

A street scene in Munich from the Lumière Brothers.

Panorama of the Swiss city.

A keeper gives food to two tigers through the bars of the cage.

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

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

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away and calls her name, to demonstrate that her baby can walk.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away and calls her name, to demonstrate that her baby can walk.

19th century carnival ride.

19th century carnival ride.