Auguste Lumière Filmes

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

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

Shot in 1896 by a Lumière cameraman, this short actuality shows three horse-drawn carriages, escorted by liveried footmen and soldiers,...

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

A man and a woman dance "jarabe tapatío" while some people watch.

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Two men, arguing about the content of a newspaper article, come to blows.

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.